Background: Suicide rates in the U.S. military have been rising rapidly in the past decade. Research suggests guilt is a significant predictor of suicidal ideation among military personnel, and may be especially pronounced among those who have been exposure to combat-related traumas.
Active Duty Air Force personnel who were seeking outpatient mental health treatment participated in a study examining the interactive effect of direct combat exposure and guilt on suicidal ideation.
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).
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.
The purpose of this study was to examine gender differences in combat exposure, military sexual trauma (MST), and their associations with mental health screen results among military personnel deployed in support of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Pre- and post-deployment data of Soldiers were utilized to examine possible gender differences in combat exposure, military sexual trauma (MST), and their associations with mental health outcomes (i.e., problem drinking, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) of military personnel rece
Background: This study examined gender differences in the impact of warfare exposure on self-reported physical health. Methods: Data are from the 2010 National Survey of Veterans, a nationally representative survey of veterans from multiple eras of service.
Veterans completed questionnaires to examine gender differences relationships among warfare exposure (combat deployment and exposure to casualties), health status, and functional impairment.
This study examined gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and symptom factors in the total U.S. active duty force.
Active Duty U.S. Military Service members participated in a study examining gender differences in individual posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and symptom clusters after controlling for several covariates.