Active Component

A paucity of research exists examining the role of spirituality/religion (S/R) as a protective factor for combat-deployed military personnel.

Objective: Memory complaints are particularly salient among veterans who experience combat-related mild traumatic brain injuries and/or trauma exposure, and represent a primary barrier to successful societal reintegration and everyday functioning.

Significant changes have occurred in family patterns in the United States over the past several decades, with noteworthy transformations in age at marriage, marital stability, the prevalence of living together unmarried and in the relationship context of childbearing (Cherlin 2010; Perelli-Harris

Objective. The detrimental health effects of tobacco use have long been documented and accepted. Recent research has begun to explore the financial strain that tobacco places on those who use it  e.g. Mokdad, A.H., Marks, J.S., Stroup, D.F., Gerberding, J.L., 2004.

In 2012, RAND conducted a pioneering exploratory survey of 3,479 active-duty, guard, and reserve Airmen on their use of information and communication technology (ICT), the association between ICT use and social and psychological well-being, and the potential for Air Force mental health profession

BACKGROUND: The changing scope of women’s roles in combat operations has led to growing interest in women’s deployment experiences and post-deployment adjustment.

The overall objective of this study was to pilot the Marriage Checkup (MC), a brief intervention for enhancing marital resiliency tailored to a military population, for use by internal behavioral health consultants (IBHCs) working in an integrated primary care clinic.

Healthy marital functioning and satisfaction can be hard to maintain for married couples with a partner in the military.