Health Disparities in Veterans: A Map of the Evidence

Abstract: Background: Goals for improving the quality of care for all Veterans and eliminating health disparities are outlined in the Veterans Health Administration Blueprint for …

Suicide in Scottish military veterans: a 30-year retrospective cohort study

Abstract: Background: Although reassuring data on suicide risk in UK veterans of the 1982 Falklands conflict and 1991 Gulf conflict have been published, there have been few …

Mental health measurement among women veterans receiving co-located, collaborative care services

Abstract: Routine use of measurement to identify patient concerns and track treatment progress is critical to high quality patient care. This is particularly relevant to the …

Just a Girl in the Army: U.S. Iraq War Veterans Negotiating Femininity in a Culture of Masculinity

Abstarct: This article considers the experiences of 12 U.S. Army women combat veterans. These women served in historically significant roles as some of the first women to …

Group-delivered cognitive/exposure therapy for PTSD in women veterans: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract: Objective: Group delivery of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment has several advantages, however group research is not comparable to individual trials. This …

Learning from the Deschamps Report: why military and Veteran researchers ought to pay attention to gender

Summary: In her 2015 report, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Marie Deschamps documents a sexualized culture within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) that is hostile toward …

Women Military Veterans, Disability, and Employment

Abstract: This study compares the disability status of female veterans to non-veterans and male veterans using American Community Survey data pooled from 2008, 2009, and 2010. In …

Longitudinal Cognitive Trajectories of Women Veterans from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study

Abstract: A comparison of longitudinal global cognitive functioning in women Veteran and non-Veteran participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). We studied 7,330 women …

Person-centered older military veteran care when there are consequences

This paper explores the health concerns of older veterans and how civilian nurses can offer applicable care to this patient group, through increased understanding of military …

The Many Faces of Military Families: Unique Features of the Lives of Female Service Members

Abstract: Female service members' family structures differ from the traditional male service member–female spouse composition of military families. Consequently, this …

Eating Disorders in Military and Veteran Men and Women: A Systematic Review

Abstract: Objective: Eating disorders (EDs) have serious consequences for psychological and physical health. They have high mortality rates and are among the most costly disorders …