Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Denise M. Eckerlin, lead author of Military Sexual Trauma in Male Service Members.

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Denise M. Eckerlin, lead author of Military Sexual Trauma in Male Service Members.

Published: Aug. 23, 2016, 5:42 p.m.

b'The experience of military sexual trauma (MST), which can result from assault, battery, or harass\\xacment of a sexual nature, may jeopardize the mental health of service members as well as that of their fam\\xacily members, colleagues, and community members. AJN\\u2019s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with lead author Denise M. Eckerlin about her article, which examines the unique ways in which men experience MST and explores the influence of stereotypes of masculinity, myths surrounding sexual assault, and military culture and structure on victims.'