BACKGROUND Violence towards others in the community has been identified as a significant problem for a subset of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. AIMS To investigate the extent to which post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other risk factors predict future violent behaviour in military veterans. METHOD A national, multiwave survey enrolling a random sample of all US veterans who served i...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined comprehensively racial/ethnic variations in quality of end-of-life care. OBJECTIVE Examine end-of-life care quality received by Veterans and their families, comparing racial/ethnic minorities to nonminorities. RESEARCH DESIGN This is a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of chart review and survey data. SUBJECTS Nearly all deaths in 145 Veterans Af...

OBJECTIVES To report the prevalence and characteristics of headaches in veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to describe most common treatment strategies after neurological evaluation. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study. The setting was a United States Veterans Healthcare Administration Polytrauma Network Site. The study participants consisted of 246 veterans wit...

The Post-9/11 GI Bill overhauled the educational benefits available to military veterans. Additionally, the Yellow Ribbon Program makes private institutions more affordable to veterans. Consequently, more veterans are seeking undergraduate degrees, and many schools are seeing significant numbers of veterans for the first time. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognized that veteran en...

Mental health disorders (MHDs), mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are endemic among recent Veterans, resulting in a population with heterogeneous, co-occurring conditions. While alcohol craving negatively affects rehabilitation and leads to relapse, no studies have examined alcohol craving among Veterans with co-occurring MHDs and mTBI. The purpose of this preli...

Objective: This retrospective study analyzed the testing rates of individuals enrolled in the Hepatitis C Clinical Case Registry for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in order to determine Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-testing rates for veterans with hepatitis C (HCV). Design: A chart review of 247,006 veterans enrolled in the National HCV Clinical Case Registry was examined retr...

This study focuses on the association between homeless veterans' prior utilization of medical, psychiatric, and substance abuse services and biopsychosocial characteristics reported at admission into a domiciliary care program. Given the large number of veterans in the US homeless population and their health care needs, understanding factors associated with health service use among homeless vet...

Many veterans and their families struggle with behavioral health problems, family reintegration difficulties, and relationship problems. Although many veterans are eligible to receive care at Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities, family members are generally not eligible and therefore must seek care elsewhere. This situation can pose a barrier to family members' access to care and a...

OBJECTIVE The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates one of the largest nationwide healthcare systems and is increasing use of internet technology, including development of an online personal health record system called My HealtheVet. This study examined internet use among veterans in general and particularly use of online health information among VA patients and specifically mental healt...

The mental health of American military soldiers and veterans is of widespread concern; yet, there has been no prior review of studies on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) veterans. This article provides a brief, but comprehensive review of the mental health of AAPI veterans. An exhaustive literature search was conducted using the major medical and mental health literature databases....