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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/105373, first published .
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Refining and Assessing Gender-Tailored Group Therapy for Veteran Men With Military Sexual Trauma: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Refining and Assessing Gender-Tailored Group Therapy for Veteran Men With Military Sexual Trauma: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Jonathan Yahalom   1, 2 , PhD ;   Erin P Finley   3, 4 , PhD ;   Sheila O'Brien   3, 4 , PhD ;   Brandon C Yarns   1, 2 , MD ;   Lindsey L Monteith   5, 6 , PhD ;   Ariel J Lang   7, 8 , PhD ;   Alison B Hamilton   1, 2 , PhD

1 Health Services Research, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, United States

2 Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

3 Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, TX, United States

4 VISN17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, United States

5 VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Aurora, CO, United States

6 Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States

7 Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs, San Diego, CA, United States

8 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Jonathan Yahalom, PhD
  • Health Services Research
  • US Department of Veterans Affairs
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  • Los Angeles, CA 90073
  • United States
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  • Email: jonathan.yahalom@va.gov