title: Establishing a new military sexual trauma treatment program: Issues and recommendations for design and implementation.
abstract: This article presents a review of issues and considerations when developing a comprehensive military sexual trauma (MST) treatment program. A review of the current literature was conducted, which we argue is the first step in informing programmatic design. Next, information on how to obtain local public data and then a description of how we used this information to design the new MST program at our facility are discussed. Our clinic design reflects best practice while simultaneously incorporating real-world information and will be more likely to positively influence overall care to patients. As such, we recommend that clinicians involved in clinic development will use this process as a model for successful clinic planning and program development.
authors.affiliation: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System.
authors.forename: Nicole L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System.
authors.forename: Shelia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinett
authors.affiliation: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System.
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cardin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D000067073:Psychological Trauma / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*