“I wasn't presented with options”: Perspectives of black Veterans receiving care for uterine fibroids in the Veterans Health Administration

Abstract: Introduction: Black women with uterine fibroids experience greater symptom severity and worse treatment outcomes compared with their White counterparts. Black veterans …

Differential associations between posttraumatic cognitions, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and race among black and white Veterans seeking treatment for assaultive military sexual trauma

Abstract: Past research supports the role of negative posttraumatic cognitions (NPCs) in the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The relationship …

Psychometric Properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 in Treatment-Seeking Black Veterans

Abstract: Objective: Despite widespread use of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—fifth edition (PCL-5) …

The relationship between black racial identity, military identity, and postdeployment reintegration of black male veterans

Abstract: Given the increasing rate of military service members who experience mental health issues during reintegration into civilian culture, the need for counselors who …

Oncology distress screening within predominately Black Veterans: Outcomes on supportive care utilization, hospitalizations, and mortality

Abstract: We evaluated whether patients' initial screening symptoms were related to subsequent utilization of supportive care services and hospitalizations, and whether …

Military Life Narratives and Identity Development among Black Post-9/11 Veterans

Abstract: Military culture is heterogenous and comprised of various subcultures with their own distinct military identity. The call for cultural competence has remained ubiquitous …

A Promise Deferred: Black Veterans' Access to Higher Education Through the GI Bill at the University of Florida, 1944–1962

Abstract: Examining both the GI Bill and the origins of desegregation of traditionally segregated institutions of higher learning in the South, this historical essay argues that …