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Gender Findings: Prevalence • Compared to men, women exhibit slightly lower PTSD rates and slightly higher depression rates • Women have higher rates of co‐morbidity of disorders than male Veterans (e.g., PTSD and co‐morbid depression) • Older women (≥65) more likely to engage in treatment than younger women • Women slightly less likely to receive a substance use disorder diagnosis than men VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Sourced from Freedy 2010; Maguen 2010; Iverson 2010; Banerjea 2009; Westermeyer 2009.
Gender Findings: Risk Factors • For both genders repeated deployment increases risk for PTSD • Women Veterans of the current conflicts with mental health diagnoses experience less social and financial support than male counterparts • For women, older age associated with greater PTSD prevalence and chronicity – More lifetime trauma exposure? – More deployment‐related disruption of social and family networks? VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Sourced from Fontana 2010; Maguen 2010; Ilgen 2010.
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