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 …

Psychiatric Disorder and Separation From Military Service: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

Abstract: Defense forces around the world are currently in highdemand, with sizable deployments in recent years to theMiddle East and other areas of conflict. Pressure to maintain …

Effect of Multiple Deployments on Military Families: A Cross-Sectional Study of Health and Well-Being of Partners and Children

Abstract: This study explored the impact of multiple deployments on the health and well-being of the partners (married or de facto) and children of Australian military personnel …

Online Reporting of Military Sexual Trauma

Abstract: Case finding and treatment of military sexual trauma (MST) remains a serious problem in military and veteran populations as well as in the civilian population. This …

Study protocol for a web-based personalized normative feedback alcohol intervention for young adult veterans

Abstract: Background: Young adult veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan represent a population at-risk for heavy and problematic alcohol use. Unfortunately, few seek …

Understanding military families who have dependents with special health care and/or educational needs

Abstract: Background: Little is known about military families who have a dependent with special health care and/or educational needs. The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) …

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 …

PTSD Symptoms, Suicidality and Non-suicidal Risk to Life Behavior in a Mixed Sample of pre- and post-9/11 Veterans

Abstract: This study investigated relationships between symptom clusters of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicidal ideation, suicide plan, and non-suicidal risk to life …

Complex psychosocial distress postdeployment in veterans: Reintegration identity disruption and challenged moral integrity.

How individuals experience reintegration postcombat and subsequent military discharge is a poorly explored phenomenon, though for many service personnel it is fraught with complex …

Effects of an energy balance educational intervention and the COPE cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for Division I U.S. Air Force Academy female athletes

Abstract: Background and purpose: Female athletes struggle harder than male athletes to lose body fat and maintain a leaner physique. The purpose of this study was to determine …

Tuberculosis in Scottish Military Veterans: Evidence from a Retrospective Cohort Study of 57 000 Veterans and 173 000 Matched Non-Veterans (Scotland)

Abstract: Tuberculosis was a major cause of morbidity and manpower loss in the Armed Forces during World War II. Military control programmes commenced in the 1950s but were …