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Understanding Gender Sensitivity of the Health Care Workforce at the Veterans Health Administration

Abstract: Background: Gender sensitivity of providers and staff has assumed increasing importance in closing historical gender disparities in health care quality and outcomes. The …

Support for Transgender Military Service from Active Duty United States Military Personnel

Abstract:  Introduction: Most transgender individuals are banned from serving in and joining the U.S. military. Historically, exclusions and limits have been placed on women, …

Religious and spiritual issues: Family therapy approaches with military families coping with deployment

Abstract: Exploring religious and spiritual issues in family therapy has become more commonplace over the past decade (Walsh, Spiritual resources in family therapy, 2009), but …

Symptom Severity, Self-efficacy and Treatment-Seeking for Mental Health Among US Iraq/Afghanistan Military Veterans

Abstract: Military veterans have high rates of mental health problems, yet the majority do not seek treatment. Understanding treatment-seeking in this population is important. This …

Alcohol use and peer mentorship in Veterans

Abstract: Veterans are at an increased risk of developing alcohol use disorder (AUD) and other comorbid psychiatric disorders, yet they often underutilize professional mental …

Resilience Building Among Adolescents From National Guard Families: Applying a Developmental Contextual Model

Abstract: A better understanding of resilience building in military-connected children is needed to serve the needs of military families and sustain the security of the United …

Altered states of combat: Veteran trauma and the quest for novel therapeutics in psychedelic substances

Abstract: For veterans with moral conflicts brought on by war work, evidence-based approaches designed for posttraumatic stress disorder tend not to attend to resulting spiritual …

‘It Changed Me As A Man:’ Reframing Military Masculinity in the Army’s ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ Suicide Prevention Campaign

Abstract: As the suicide rate among U.S. active-duty troops surpassed the nationalaverage for the first time. Responding to what was widely perceived as acrisis brought on in part …

Veterans’ Transition Out of the Military and Knowledge of Mental Health Disorders

Abstract: There is a need for research to understand veteran’s mental health and how they use resources, like the Veteran’s Affairs and non-profit organizations. This study …

Preference Consistency: Veteran and Non-Veteran Nursing Home Resident Self-Reported Preferences for Everyday Living

Understanding patient preferences is core to person-centered care. The consistency of everyday preference reporting was assessed comparing responses of Veteran (VA) and non-VA …

Military Service and Military Health Care Coverage are Associated with Reduced Racial Disparities in Time to Mental Health Treatment Initiation

Abstract: We aimed to evaluate whether military service and access to veteran heath care coverage attenuates racial/ethnic disparities in time to mental health treatment initiation …

A Study of Rural and Native-American College Students’ Military Identities, Military Family History, and Reading Interests

Abstract: This study addresses college students in a Southwestern, economically depressed, rural area, with their state of residence having a high number, per capita, of …