A comprehensive searchable repository providing access to international evidence and reports about the Armed Forces community. Updated each month using robust methodology, the repository can be used confidently by all to identify and access relevant evidence. A user-friendly search tool is available to support your research needs and includes the ability to specify key words, themes, author, year of publication, country of origin, methods used, and whether items have been peer reviewed.
Abstract: Eating disorders (EDs) are mental illnesses impacting all aspects of an individual's life. Recent research has examined EDs and disordered-eating behaviors in the …
Abstract: Integrated dual disorder treatment is an evidence-based practice for coordinating complex care for people with severe mental illnesses and comorbid substance use …
Abstract: Patient experience is considered an important dimension of health care quality and thus is included as part of the quadruple aim of health care. The VHA Clinical …
Abstract: The Response Bias Scale (RBS) was developed to predict non-credible cognitive presentations among disability claimants without head injury. Developers used empirical …
Abstract: Background: Unhealthy alcohol use is disproportionally experienced by individuals with minoritized sexual orientations. Unlike the general US population, for whom the …
Abstract: Military sexual trauma (MST), defined as sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment while in the military, is associated with increased risk of long-term …
Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the day-to-day experiences of positive and negative emotions among partners of veterans assigned service dogs for …
Abstract: We investigated how military identity (i.e., veteran identity centrality—the extent to which military service is central to an individual’s sense of self) relates to …
Abstract: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is building a Whole Health system of care that aspires to empower and equip each Veteran to pursue a personally meaningful vision …
Abstract: Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE) is a first-line treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, few VA patients receive this treatment. One of the barriers …
Abstract: The effects of war on combat veterans' mental health are numerous and well established. Several effective interventions exist based on cognitive-behavioural therapy that …
Abstract: This article reports two studies that used the Ganz Scale of Identification with Military Culture (GIMC), developed for these studies, to evaluate the relationships …