Military Sexual Trauma in Treatment-Seeking Women Veterans Erin L. Rowe Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts Jaimie L. Gradus and Suzanne L. Pineles National Center for PTSD,Women’s Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Sonja V. Batten VA Maryland Healthcare System, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Eve H. Davison National Center for PTSD,Women’s Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts As the number of women serving in the military continues to grow, it is increasingly important to explore the sequelae of military sexual trauma (MST) among female veterans. The current study included 232 female veterans who sought outpatient mental health treatment at an urban Veterans Affairs hospital. The study’s aims were to (a) describe and compare the demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and psychological symptoms of female veterans who have experienced MST to those veterans who do not report this experience; and (b) examine the associations between psychological symptoms and health behaviors in this sample, stratified by MST sta- MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY, 21:387–395, 2009 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0899-5605 print / 1532-7876 online DOI: 10.1080/08995600802565768 Correspondence should be addressed to Eve H. Davison, Ph.D., Women’s Health Sciences Division (116B-3), VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02130. E-mail: Eve.Davison@va.gov