There has been an increasing focus in the UK on support provided to Armed Forces community, with publication of Covenant (2011), Strategy for our Veterans (2018) and first ever Office Veterans’ Affairs (2019). is also important body research – including longitudinal focusing transitions from military civilian life, much which quantitative. At same time, witnessed a period unprecedented welfare ...

INTRODUCTION Unsheltered homelessness is an important phenomenon yet difficult to study due to lack of data. The Veterans Health Administration administers a universal homelessness screener, which identifies housing status for Veterans screening positive for homelessness. METHODS This study compared unsheltered and sheltered Veterans, assessed differences in rates of ongoing homelessness, and...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cross-sectional differences in self-reported psychological symptoms, life-time exposure to traumatic events, coping styles, personality traits and overall quality of life between the PTSD and non-PTSD Croatian War veterans. A total of 113 subjects within the three groups participated in the study (veterans with PTSD, non-PTSD veterans and controls)....

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition that is common in veterans returning from combat operations. While the symptoms of PTSD have been extensively characterized, the neural mechanisms that underlie PTSD are only vaguely understood. In this study, we examined the neurophysiology of PTSD using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in a sample of veterans with and wi...

BACKGROUND For the majority of serving members, life in the military has a positive effect on wellbeing. However, the type, intensity and duration of service, along with the transition from fulltime military to civilian life, may have a negative effect on veterans' wellbeing. Such negative consequences, alongside the growing veteran population, indicate the need for greater exploration of veter...

Community-based organizations (CBOs) are critical sources of support for veterans. CBOs offer innovative and informed initiatives often nexuses that allow veterans their allies to gather. Out a commitment veteran reintegration, Growing Veterans (GV), veteran-founded CBO located in western Washington, created implemented an evidence-based peer training program (PST) allies. Building upon years c...

OBJECTIVES To use databases of the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to describe the impact of Parkinson's disease on health related quality of life (HRQoL) of veterans; to compare the HRQoL of veterans with Parkinson's disease with that of veterans reporting eight other neurological or chronic conditions; and to estimate the unique effect of Parkinson's disease on HRQoL. METHODS Respon...

Veterans Team Recovery Integrative Immersion Process (Vet TRIIP) is a community-based, nonprofit organization that uses complementary and integrative approaches to alleviate the symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress chronic pain create healthy, happy, productive lives for veterans, service members, their families, caregivers. One of services provided weekly yoga classes. This study eval...

Accessing suitable accommodation post transition into civilian life from the military is one of key markers for future success and wellbeing. For many this process can does start during their career. Some veterans struggle to find appropriate housing, often complicated by other difficulties associated with employment, physical mental injuries, or relationships. Over past two years position vete...

background: sulfur mustard (sm) is an incapacitating chemical warfare agent, which has been widely employed in particular regions including iran. we investigated and reported delayed biochemical and hematological complications of sm in severely toxic iranian veterans 23 years after exposure. materials and methods: forty-two iranian veterans, residents of khorasan razavi, poisoned by sm, and suf...