Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Among individuals with serious mental illness, chronic pain is an impairing and understudied comorbid condition. Although affective and behavioral treatment …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system experiencing homelessness have high rates of hospitalization. The 2014 Veterans …
Abstract: Veterans experiencing homelessness face barriers to traditional U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care, even when temporarily housed on VA grounds. An encampment …
Abstract:With funding provided by the American Rescue Plan Act and support from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in 2023 more than $2.1 million was distributed to 13 …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The authors estimated associations between emergency dispatches initiated by Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) responders and use of U.S. Department of Veterans …
Abstract: Mental health conditions, such as mood disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are common among veterans. Because of the unique demographic characteristics, …
Abstract: Objective: People with previous incarceration and a mental disorder, a substance use disorder, or both are less likely to obtain employment than are those without these …
Abstract: Objective: The authors sought to investigate whether utilization of inpatient occupational therapy (OT) was associated with reduced risk for 30-day psychiatric …
Abstract: Objective: The authors evaluated associations between employment at discharge from Veterans Health Administration Vocational Rehabilitation Service (VR) programs and …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a national suicide prevention program, called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for …
Abstract: A veteran-clinician-researcher partnership-the Care, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Service (CTRS)-enabled quality improvement within a U.S. Department of Veterans …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Because service professionals often lack cultural competence in working with veterans, veterans often perceive such professionals as "not understanding." The …