Abstract: Background: For the past twenty years, veterans have sustained an unprecedented operational tempo, which can lead to co-occurring mental health disorders. When veterans …
Abstract: Background: Digital technologies are essential for connecting to the Internet and communicating with others. Methods: This study used data from the 2022 Project Community …
Abstract: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a debilitating condition marked by chronic fatigue, cognitive problems, pain, and gastrointestinal (GI) complaints in veterans who were deployed …
Abstract: Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, U.S. Veterans struggling with posttraumatic stress found symptom relief outside traditional therapies through …
Abstract: Objective: To examine the relationship between the penetration (or reach) of a national program aiming to integrate mental health clinicians into all primary care clinics …
Abstract: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease (PD). We examined the relation between PTSD and PD in a cohort of 158,122 Veterans …
Abstract: Context: Concurrent care allows patients to receive hospice while continuing disease-directed therapies. This treatment model is available in the Veterans Administration …
Abstract: In patients with diabetes, food and housing insecurity are associated with diabetes distress, anxiety, depression, and poorer self-management, which are associated with …
Abstract: Importance: Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are evidence-based treatments for chronic pain and comorbid conditions, implementing them at scale poses many …
Abstract: Introduction: The War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center at the VA New Jersey Health Care System (WRIISC-VANJ) serves as one of the three tertiary referral centers …
Abstract: Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and alcohol use are highly prevalent among military Veterans and independently associated …