Reaching Concerned Partners of Heavy Drinking Service Members and Veterans through Facebook

Abstract: Military populations are hard to reach for alcohol interventions. The authors used a Facebook ad campaign to successfully recruit military spouses who were concerned …

The Development and Evaluation of a Peer-Driven Engagement Intervention to Reach Older Veterans with Depression

Abstract: The authors developed and evaluated a peer-driven engagement intervention to reach older veterans, veteran spouses, and widowed veteran-spouses with an evidence-based …

Observed Relationship Behaviors and Sleep in Military Veterans and Their Partners

Abstract: Background: Emerging research has begun to examine associations between relationship functioning and sleep. However, these studies have largely relied on self-reported …

Therapeutic response to Cognitive Processing Therapy in White and Black female veterans with military sexual trauma-related PTSD

Abstract: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based treatment (EBT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which has been validated for female veterans with …

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 …

Unmaking Militarized Masculinity: Veterans and the Project of Military-to-Civilian Transition

Abstract: Feminist scholarship on war and militarization has typically focussed on the making of militarized masculinity. However, in this article, we shed light on the process of …

Staff Views of an Emergency Department Intervention Using Safety Planning and Structured Follow-Up with Suicidal Veterans

Abstract: The objective of this study is to summarize staff perceptions of the acceptability and utility of the safety planning and structured post-discharge follow-up contact …

Reckless Self‐Destructive Behavior and PTSD in Veterans: The Mediating Role of New Adverse Events

Abstract: The addition of self-destructive and reckless behavior as a symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in DSM-5 has stimulated renewed interest in understanding …

Do Weather Changes Affect Veterans’ Outpatient, Pain Management Clinic Attendance?

Abstract: Adherence to appointments has been found to be a strong predictor of successful chronic disease selfmanagement, yet up to 30% of health appointments are missed. Many …

Advancing an understanding of selves in transition: I-positions as an analytical tool

Self-identity work appears to be a challenge for many service members as they transition and reintegrate into civilian life. When other cultural influences seem to threaten an …

15. Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Ventromedial Prefrontal Function in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Abstract: Background: Adaptive emotional responding requires flexible regulatory control of autonomic response systems, thought to involve the ventromedial prefrontal cortex …

123. The Late Positive Potential Response to Olfactory Stimuli in Combat Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Abstract: Background: A potential treatment moderator for PTSD is severity of emotional dysregulation. The late positive potential (LPP) amplitude from EEG has been used to assess …