Evidence continues to accumulate showing the benefits of breastfeeding to infants, mothers, and society as a whole. However, breastfeeding success rates nationwide have consistently fallen short of recommendations set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
We examined correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a military Veteran sample (N = 129) using Finkel's (2007) framework for understanding the interactions between impelling and disinhibiting risk factors.
The authors of this study provided descriptive data for U.S. Army suicides that occurred from 2005 to 2007 in 17 U.S. states using two large scale surveillance systems: National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and the Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER).
Suicides are increasing among active duty US Army soldiers. To help focus prevention strategies, we characterized 56 US Army suicides that occurred from 2005 to 2007 in 17 US states using two large-scale surveillance systems.
Associations among sociodemographic characteristics, mood, trauma-related experiences, and suicidal behaviors were examined with archival data from Army National Guard (ARNG) soldiers that included suicide c
Researchers examined the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms in military spouses during deployment and how that relationship varied based on levels of positivity.
Using the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions, the relationships among stress, positivity, and depressive symptoms were examined in a sample of military spouses during deployment (N = 367). Over one-third of the spouses reported moderately severe levels of depressive symptoms.
Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health concern that has not received an immense amount of attention in the military community.
Military personnel who engaged in the conflicts in Afghanista
Understanding the experiences of non-deployed military spouses is important to improve services to military families.
Survey data were used to examine the prevalence of physical health (e.g., back pain, headache, etc.) and somatic symptoms (e.g., dizziness, nausea, sleep problems, etc.), overall general health, and occupational impairment among Army Infantry Soldiers at six months post-deployment.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that affects 7–8% of the general U.S.
Background: Few studies have measured the burden of physical health problems after Iraq/Afghanistan deployment, except in association with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
Over the last decade a number of researchers have proposed that therapeutic presence can be fostered through training in mindfulness practices.
Given the unprecedented operational tempo of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the heavy involvement of the Reserve and National Guard, the stress t
Background: Women who have served in the military are a rapidly growing population. No previous studies have compared directly their health status to that of civilians. Purpose: To provide estimates of several leading U.S. health indicators by military service status among women.
Virtual behavioral health (VBH) services are used frequently to address the high demand for behavioral health (BH) services in the military.
Objective: Since post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common after military deployment and affects both military service membes and their families, we sought to both improve PTSD-
There are few helpful resources and research studies on how military families with preschool-age children may be affected by deployment. Focus groups with military families that had at least one preschool-age child examined the emotions and reactions of family members to deployment.
This manuscript describes a qualitative study using focus group methods to gain insight into how combat-related parental deployments affect preschool-age children.
Military couples may experience significant marital stressors that civilian couples do not face (e.g., deployment, mental health concerns). Rates of marriage and divorce among Active Duty, male U.S. Service members and a matched civilian sample were compared from 1998-2005.
Since military operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, lengthy deployments have led to concerns about the vulnerability of military marriages. Yet evaluating military marriages requires some benchmark against which marital outcomes in the military may be compared.
It is important for military spouses to use effective coping strategies during deployment to avoid mental and physical health problems. Wives of Active Duty Soldiers completed surveys regarding coping strategies used during deployment and the perceived efficacy of those strategies.
Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to describe the coping behaviors used by Army wives during deployment separation, the perceived effectiveness of the coping behaviors used, and the correlation between the two variables.
Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) of Service members, as well as their partners' personal history of trauma or secondary trauma symptoms, may combine to decrease couples' functioning.
The purpose of this study was to investigate combat-related post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and couple relationships in Army couples. US Army combat veteran couples (N = 66 couples) completed self-report questionnaires on couple functioning, coercion, resilience, and PTSS.
The risk of incarceration for male Veterans compared with non-Veterans was examined through the use of national surveys of jail and prison inmates.
Using data from national surveys of jail and prison inmates conducted in 2002 and 2004, the authors found that male veterans in the age group that entered military service in the early years of the All Volunteer Force (AVF) were at greater risk of incarceration than nonveterans of similar age and