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Mood and activity changes during the covid-19 pandemic in rural and urban veterans and their cohabitants

Abstract: We aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related stay-at-home orders on weekly reports of mood and activity before and during COVID-19 in a sample of older …

Biopsychosocial correlates and individual differences for eliciting moral elevation in veterans with PTSD: an experimental case series

Abstract: A promising approach to enhancing trauma-focused treatment is moral elevation-feeling inspired by witnessing a virtuous act. This study explored potential links between …

Grief reactions in veterans: influence of diagnostic comorbidity, social support, and functional impairment

Abstract: Loss and subsequent complicated grief reactions are common in military and veteran populations. Despite the high occurrence, limited work exists examining complicated …

Impacts of covid-19 on health and healthcare for rural veterans in home-based primary care

Abstract: This qualitative study explored the impact of COVID-19 on older rural-dwelling veterans and their caregivers enrolled in home-based primary care (HBPC) through the …

RN-BSN curricula and Veteran care competencies: Recommendations for bridging gaps

Abstract: Nurses working in civilian healthcare environments are likely to provide care to a veteran on a regular basis and be unaware of their military history. Health impacts …

Perceptions of military experience among veterans reporting lifetime warzone moral injury

Abstract: Exposures to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) and possible moral injury are risk factors for a range of difficulties impacting individual functioning. …

Systemic lupus erythematosus initially presenting as acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome in a healthy active duty female

Abstract: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute monophasic immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy characterized by rapidly evolving ascending weakness, mild sensory loss, and …

Firearm safety and suicide prevention for medically complex older veterans: perspectives of VA home-based primary care directors and psychologists

Abstract: Objectives: Determine strategies and resources used by VA Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) teams to discuss firearm safety and suicide risk with older veterans and their …

Values expressed by women veterans receiving treatment for chronic insomnia disorder

Abstract: Objectives: Insomnia may contribute to fewer value-consistent choices and less engagement in meaningful life activities. We sought to identify values commonly expressed …

Youth with sexual or gender-diverse identities and military connection: Recommendations to optimize clinical care

Abstract: In the United States, an estimated 1.9 million youth 13 to 17 years of age (9.5%) identify as sexual and/or gender diverse (SGD), identifying as nonheterosexual and/or …

Comparison of racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality between Veterans Health Administration and U.S. populations

Abstract: In the USA, racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes for minoritized groups compared with non-Hispanic White (hereafter “White”) individuals have in part …

"I wish people could come together like we have," patient and provider perspectives on VA residential PTSD treatment

Abstract: Although most posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care in the Veterans health administration (VHA) is provided on an outpatient basis, the VHA has 40 residential …