Introduction Veterans accessing Veterans Affairs (VA) health care have higher suicide rates and more characteristics associated with suicide risk, including being male, having multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities, and being an older age, compared with the general U.S. population. The Veterans Crisis Line is a telephone hotline available to Veterans with urgent mental health concerns; ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is highly prevalent among men, often co-occurring with psychiatric disorders and traumatic experiences. Psychiatric disorders and trauma are highly prevalent among military veterans, yet there is a paucity of research on CSB among military samples. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with CSB among ma...

OBJECTIVE Although studies have suggested a disproportionate rate of suicide among war veterans, particularly those with postservice psychiatric illness, there has been little systematic examination of the underlying reasons. This study aimed to identify factors predictive of suicide among Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD Of 187 veterans referred to th...

To examine the prevalence and correlates of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in veterans, 733 veterans from four VA primary care clinics were evaluated using self-report questionnaires, telephone interviews, and a 12-month retrospective review of primary care charts. We also tested the concordance between primary care providers' detection of anxiety problems and diagnoses of SAD from psychiatric i...

Abstract Background Concerns have been raised that military veterans are at greater risk of dementia due to increased rates depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) found in this population. The prevalence English whether is different non-veterans, however, currently unknown. Aims To study the veteran population, we aimed calculate a group compare with ...

CONTEXT Existing evidence suggests that military veterans with mental health disorders have poorer family functioning, although little research has focused on this topic. OBJECTIVE To test whether psychiatric symptoms are associated with family reintegration problems in recently returned military veterans. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey of a clinical population. Respondents who were referred...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common psychiatric diagnosis among Canadian military veterans, and alcohol medical cannabis are commonly used by this group to cope with PTSD symptoms. This paper part of larger study that examined cohort 5 over 1-year period, who both were matched service dog. compares the perceptions use veterans their symptoms outlines key implications. Semi-structur...