Abstract: Engagement in psychosocial mental health services has been found to support and facilitate the process of recovery in individuals with serious mental illness. However, …
Abstract: Peer specialists (PS) in the Veterans Health Administration are veteran employees with lived mental health experience supporting others in recovery. While PS worked in …
Abstract: Objective: Military sexual trauma (MST), childhood trauma, and combat trauma are prevalent among U.S. military personnel. Cumulative trauma exposure may hinder …
Abstract: Veterans with a history of military sexual trauma (MST) often experience poorer social, psychological, and physical outcomes compared with civilians and veterans who have …
Abstract: Objective: Military experiences that violate one’s sense of right and wrong (i.e., potentially morally injurious events [PMIEs]) may result in moral injury, …
Abstract: Veterans deployed in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn) face a multitude of challenges reintegrating …
Abstract: Three evidence-based psychotherapies for depression (D-EBPs)—cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, acceptance and commitment therapy for depression, and …
Abstract: We examined beliefs and practices regarding firearm assessment and lethal means safety counseling (LMSC) among U.S. Air Force (USAF) mental health providers (MHPs) and …
Abstract: For rural women veterans, significant barriers exist in accessing high-quality, multicomponent behavioral pain self-management interventions. As such, a telehealth …
Abstract: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been consistently associated with worse physical and mental health outcomes in adulthood (Felitti et al., 1998; Merrick et al., …
Abstract: For rural women veterans, significant barriers exist in accessing high-quality, multicomponent behavioral pain self-management interventions. As such, a telehealth …
Abstract: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has rolled out evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, reach has remained low, …