Abstract: Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) commonly co-occur and are associated with more severe symptomatology than either disorder …
Abstract: Objective: Suicide prevention is a top clinical priority within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). While research consistently shows that suicide risk is associated …
Abstract: Aim: Medical cannabis use is legal in most U.S. states for chronic pain. Veterans’ Health Administration (VHA) patients are disproportionately affected by such pain and …
Abstract: Aim: Individuals maintained on methadone commonly report greater pain between daily doses. Despite a strong theoretical link, little is known about the temporal …
Abstract: Aim: Risk for Medication treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) dropout is greatest during early treatment. To optimize MOUD outcomes, it is critical to identify …
Abstract: Background: Infections are the most frequent complication and cause of mortality in burn patients. We describe the epidemiology and outcomes of infections among deployed …
Abstract: This project explores whether military service is correlated with the use of force required to gain compliance by law enforcement officers (LEOs), asking whether …
Abstract: Comorbid anxiety and depression predict a poorer prognosis than either disorder occurring alone. It is unclear whether self-reported anxiety symptom scores identify …
Abstract: Background: Access to health care is an important factor affecting survival of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in the U.S. general population. The U.S. Military …
Abstract: Background: Although many studies indicate that individuals who have experienced a traumatic event can experience posttraumatic growth (PTG), some researchers have …
Abstract: Aim: Drug use can have consequences for intimate relationships and partners’ behaviors can impact each other. We examined relationships between drug use and marital …
Abstract: Aim: Overdose rates have grown rapidly for both opioids and stimulants. However, much less is known about populations with stimulant use disorders (StUD), including those …