Evaluating a Whole Health Approach to Enhance Veteran Care: Exploring the Staff Experience

Abstract: The Whole Health Initiative is a redesign of health care delivery that focuses on administering personalized veteran health plans rather than focusing on treating …

Caring for the carers: a COVID-19 psychological support programme

Abstract: The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent pandemic brought unprecedented worldwide challenges born out of a rapidly escalating health and economic crisis. From …

Identifying Veterans in Your Practice: What Clinicians Need to Know

Abstract: Clinicians in ambulatory care are likely seeing veterans regularly without knowing it. In fact, most practices are not screening for military service, and most veterans …

Atypical Anorexia Nervosa, not so atypical after all: Prevalence, correlates, and clinical severity among United States military Veterans

Abstract: Objective: DSM-5 Atypical Anorexia Nervosa (AAN), a new eating disorder diagnosis, presents similarly to Anorexia Nervosa (AN) in the absence of severe underweight. The …

Caring for carers: Understanding the physical and psychological well-being of carers of veterans in Australia

Abstract: Carers of veterans tend to put their own physical and psychological well-being needs behind the needs of the person they are caring for and often do not seek assistance …

Building Community Capacity to Care for Military and Veteran Families: The Star Behavioral Health Providers Program

Abstract: Service members, veterans, and their families frequently have difficulties finding trained behavioral health providers who have knowledge of military culture and issues …

Military and demographic predictors of mental ill-health and socioeconomic hardship among UK veterans

Abstract: Background: Around 8% of the UK Armed Forces leave in any given year, and must navigate unfamiliar civilian systems to acquire employment, healthcare, and other …

The voice of the consumer: A survey of consumer priorities to inform knowledge translation among Veterans who use mobility assistive technology

Abstract: Mobility assistive technology (AT) can improve the lives of people with disabilities by helping them get around in their communities. Today, over 23.9 million Americans …

Alcohol misuse among older military veterans: an intersectionality theory perspective

Abstract: Background Alcohol misuse among older adults is an emerging public health issue. Older veterans are particularly at risk of developing substance use dependency due to the …

Belonging and Support: Women Veterans' Perceptions of Veteran Service Organizations

Abstract: Background and Purpose: This research sought to better understand female veterans’ underutilization of veteran and military service organizations (VSO/MSOs).  …

Impact of adherence to disease-modifying therapies on employment among veterans with multiple sclerosis

Abstract: Purpose: Patients who adhere to their disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) have a lower rate of MS-related relapses and disability. We sought to determine the adherence …

Improving Healthcare Access for Veterans

Abstract: Healthwatch Hertfordshire conducted a study (commissioned by the Hertfordshire Armed Forces Covenant Board and funded by Hertfordshire Public Health) to investigate the …