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New Center Aids Assaulted Female Vets
United Press International | October 29, 2007
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A Veterans Administration treatment center is set to open in Bernards Township, N.J., to help female veterans who have been sexually assaulted.
The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger said Sunday that with the number of assault and harassment cases involving female soldiers increasing dramatically, the new center will provide treatment to those suffering from a condition known as military sexual trauma.
The healthcare facility, which opens its doors in December, will be the first residential VA center that focuses on the increasingly prevalent condition.
The center was created following the findings of an ongoing VA screening process that found 20 percent of female soldiers leaving the military encountered a form of sexual trauma during their service, the report said.
Susan McCutcheon, who heads up the administration's military sexual trauma programs, said the new site will especially benefit those women suffering trauma during war overseas.
"There really is no safe line in the current war. More women are being subjected to both of these traumas," the VA official told the Star-Ledger. "We are aware of that, and we are prepared for that."
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New Center Aids Assaulted Female Vets
United Press International | October 29, 2007
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A Veterans Administration treatment center is set to open in Bernards Township, N.J., to help female veterans who have been sexually assaulted.
The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger said Sunday that with the number of assault and harassment cases involving female soldiers increasing dramatically, the new center will provide treatment to those suffering from a condition known as military sexual trauma.
The healthcare facility, which opens its doors in December, will be the first residential VA center that focuses on the increasingly prevalent condition.
The center was created following the findings of an ongoing VA screening process that found 20 percent of female soldiers leaving the military encountered a form of sexual trauma during their service, the report said.
Susan McCutcheon, who heads up the administration's military sexual trauma programs, said the new site will especially benefit those women suffering trauma during war overseas.
"There really is no safe line in the current war. More women are being subjected to both of these traumas," the VA official told the Star-Ledger. "We are aware of that, and we are prepared for that."
Sound Off...What do you think? Join the discussion.
Copyright 2007 United Press International. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
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Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel
My prayers go to all the female soldiers and vets.
My military time was in the 80's and 90's and I was not in any war. My time in service had few sexual harrassing moments. And when the second occurred, the person who did it, forgot I was a member of the sexual harrassement board (though it was only me involved with the first sergeant).