fortunate, recovery is possible after experiencing mst. services spend a full continuum of counseling, care, services to assist eligible veterans in this effort. recognizing many survivors of sexual trauma do not disclose their experiences unless asked directly, it is policy that all veterans receiving healthcare be screened for a space of mst. those who disclose it are also referred to mental health services, and anything counseli determined necessary to overcome the mst. separa their entitlement to mst care is totally separate to ba. every medical center provides mst and counselors are available to help veterans assist and participating these impact all americans, today, secretary bob mcdonald is participating in va's groundbreaking's groundbreaking today event focused on brainen trust health. the first annual public-private partnership event is convening influential voices includes the department of defense, the sports sports industry, private-sector, federalen government, veterans, community partners to identify an event solution to mi

how do mien differ in their response to mst than women? is there a difference in male suicide rates tat can be detected? >> male and female survivors of mst look more similar than different although men's experiences may be acerbated although the symptoms are the same. male survivors due struggle uniquely with concerns about their masculinity, understanding what it says about their sexual orientation, self-blame, this isn't something that men usually experienced so why was i targeted. the treatments look similar. differences in terms of male and female survivors comes in with the marketing and outreach. we are careful to have outreach targeted to male survivors and including pictures of men in addition to women so men can understand our services are there for them as well as for women. >> i would say one of the things we struggle with the prevalence of sexual assault for women compared to men is probably five to one. a lot of data supports that. we struggle with getting men into care. men are less likely to engage in care for sexual assaul

recovery is possible after mst. vha has services with counsel and care and services to assist eligible veterans in these efforts, recognizing many survivors do not disclose experiences unless asked directly. it's policy that all veterans being experienced for mst. they are offered a referral for mental health service and va care necessary to overcome the psychological trauma is provided free of charge. a veteran's eligibility is entirely operate from the entitlement for the same conditions. mst coordinators are available at every va medical centers to assist veterans in accessing these services. brain health and head trauma transcend impacting all americans. bob mcdonald is participating in the ground breaking two-day event focused on brain health. this first annual public/private partnership event is convening the most influential, sports, veterans and community partners for mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder and serve as a show case for many of the advancement for brain health for veter

research data from veteran samples indicates that experiences of mst are a strong predictor of mst as compared to other military stressors, including exposure to combat. in my clinical experience, veterans who experience mst often experience feelings of betrayal, either by perpetrators they believe to be comrades in arms or the military system they believe should have protected them. mst survivors may struggle to integrate the victim i had irt with the value they place on their own strength or self-sufficiency as former or current service members. others felt they had to leave military service prematurely make experience grief or anger or in their view inadequate action taken by their leadership to protect them from such harm. many still think only service women experience mst but servicemen do, too. although rates of sexual assault are lower among milt men than women, in absolute numbers more servicemen and women experience sexual assault in the last year. sexual trauma among men has lagged behind behind women but data suggests the mental consequences may be more significant for male

i have 100% service connected for ptsd due to the mst.nd i think a lot of people don't understand that, who are not in the military, when they hear ptsd and mst. so -- so, let me start with you, elizabeth, and, cacilia, you can jump in if you want to, just for people who don't understand how those two are connected. >> yeah, ptsd is a term that means posttraumatic stress disorder, and military sexual trauma is a term that's abbreviated mst, and so, it happens when someone is sexually assaulted in the military. they develop ptsd, but it has some different symptoms that ptsd you might develop from combat. it's, in some ways, more severe than combat ptsd, and yet it's more difficult sometimes to get those benefits that heath was talking about. >> so, heath, you feel like you were retaliated against, right? >> yes, ma'am, in more than one way. >> and how would you compare that retaliation to the assault? >> [ sighs ] it's actually worse. >> it was worse? >> i-i-it's more demeaning. when... you join the military, they're supposed to have your

how do men differ in their response to mst and how do v.a. services meet the needs of men who have survived mst and are treatments for ptsd different for men and women, and if so how, and is there a detectable difference in male suicide rates? >> male and female survivors of mst look more similar than they do different, although men's experiences may be exacerbated in terms of symptomatology although the symptoms themselves are the same. male survivors do struggle uniquely with concerns about their masculinity, understanding what this says about their sexual orientation. a lot of self-blame, why was i targeted for this. this isn't something that men usually experience. in terms of treatments, the treatments look very similar. i think differences in terms of male and female survivors really comes in when we think about our social marketing and outreach. we're very careful to have out reach materials targeted to men survivors to include pict e pictures of men as well as pictures of women so men can understand that our mst treatment services are

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