Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans and Military Personnel: Epidemiology, Screening, and Case Recognition
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that affects 7–8% of the general U.S.
2012
Air Force
Veteran Status and Marital Aggression: Does Military Service Make a Difference?
Previous research has demonstrated that rates of domestic violence are higher among couples where at least one person is on active duty.
2007
Towards a Social Theory of Sexual Risk Behavior among Men in the Armed Services: Understanding the Military Occupational Habitus
Worldwide, military personnel have been recognized as a population at elevated risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV; however, it is not well understood how the military occupation itself i
2013
Postservice Mortality in Vietnam Veterans: 30-Year Follow-Up
Service records from 9,324 Vietnam and 8,989 non-Vietnam Veterans and several administrative databases were used to compare the post-service mortality of Vietnam to non-Vietnam Veterans through the year 2000.
2004
School Transitions among Adolescent Children of Military Personnel: A Strengths Perspective
Surveys of 6,382 children (age 10-18) of military personnel aimed to assess their experiences with school in general as well as with school transitions.
2000
Employment Outcomes and PTSD Symptom Severity
Employment and earnings data were used to analyze how symptom severity correlates with work status, occupation type, and earnings among 325 male Vietnam-era Veterans with severe or very severe PTSD. Veterans with more severe PTSD symptoms were more likely to work part-time or not at all.
2005
Newly Reported Hypertension after Military Combat Deployment in a Large Population-based Study
36,061 U.S. Service members from all branches of the military were included in a study examining the relationship between combat deployment-induced stress and hypertension. 6% of the deployers with multiple combat exposures reported new hypertension compared to 7% in the general population.
2009
A Retrospective Cohort Study of U.S. Service Members Returning from Afghanistan and Iraq: Is Physical Health Worsening Over Time?
Data was collected from 670 Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans evaluated at a post-deployment clinic in New Jersey to assess the physical health functioning at several time points post-deployment.
2012
Warfare and Welfare: Military Service, Combat, and Marital Dissolution
Data from the National Survey of Families and Households (a random national sample) was used to examine the risk of marital dissolution in married males (both Veterans and non-Veterans) in a 10-year span in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
2002
Newly Reported Respiratory Symptoms and Conditions among Military Personnel Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan: A Prospective Population-based Study
Survey and administrative data from 46,077 Service members from all branches of the U.S. Military were used to examine differences in respiratory symptoms and conditions between deployed and non-deployed Service members from 2001-2006.
2009