Abstract: Promoting help‐seeking is a key suicide prevention strategy. Yet, research on help‐seeking patterns by high‐risk individuals is limited. This study examined …
Abstract: Background: Examining the health outcomes of veterans who have completed the United States Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA’s) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) …
Abstract: Military family caregivers (MFCs) may experience health-related challenges associated with their care-giving responsibilities. Perceived support from a spouse or partner …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine time from injury to initiation of surgical care and association with survival in US military casualties. BACKGROUND: Although the advantage of …
Abstract: Background: Among hospitalized US Veterans, the rate of non-ventilator associated hospital acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) decreased between 2015 and 2020 then increased …
Abstract: Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are highly prevalent and comorbid among older adult male veterans. Both PTSD and OSA …
Abstract: Combat veterans are at high risk for suicide; consequently, it is paramount to examine factors that may relate to lower levels of suicide among this population. This …
Abstract: The first goal of this study was to assess longitudinal changes in burnout among psychotherapists prior to (T1) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (T2). The second …
Abstract: The diagnosis of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is based on three requirements: a history of exposure to noise with the potential to cause hearing loss; the absence of …
Abstract: Background: In the Veterans Health Administration (VA), Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) clinics offer mental health services embedded in primary care, a …
Abstract: Penetrating Neck Injuries (PNIs) affected 3.2% of trauma patients attending US and UK deployed medical treatment facilities (MTFs) during the Iraq and Afghanistan …
Abstract: Longitudinal electronic health records from a large sample of new hearing-aid (HA) recipients in the US Veterans Affairs healthcare system were used to evaluate …