Nearly 40,000 service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered traumatic injuries, with over 300 000 at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other psychiatric problems.
This study documented the perceived healthcare needs of those who have served overseas since 2001, according to family members and friends.
The purpose of this project was to examine factors associated with suicidal ideation in returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Methods: A cross-sectional review of 1740 veterans' initial mental health screening evaluations.
Mental health screenings of OEF/OIF Veterans were reviewed to examine factors associated with suicidal ideation.
Using a sample of 289 Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, this study examined the contributions of combat exposure, agency, perceived threat, and guilt to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Online survey data from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans was used to assess the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and four constructs: combat exposure, perceived threat during combat, causing harm during combat, and combat-related guilt.
Military medical professionals play a central role in preventing and treating obesity among America's warriors through training, medical care, and their personal example.
Pedometry data of United States medical students at a military university were utilized to examine the impact of providing pedometers on the physical fitness of medical students. Few students reported meeting their 10,000 steps a day goal.
The present study assessed potential gender differences between the two prevailing PTSD models – the emotional numbing (King, Leskin, King, & Weathers, 1998) and dysphoria (Simms, Watson, & Doebbelling, 2002) models – in order to establish whether one model is superior with regard to its
Researchers assessed possible gender differences between two prevailing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) models – the emotional numbing (e.g., re-experiencing, avoidance, emotional numbing and arousal) and dysphoria (e.g., re-experiencing, avoidance, dysphoria and arousal) models – in order t