Marines

Military Veterans' Midlife Career Transition and Life Satisfaction

Ninety mentors (those who had transitioned to a new career and volunteered to help others) and 43 members of Troops to Teachers (a national program that helps Service members’ transition to teaching careers) were surveyed about life satisfaction and career transition variables.

2014
Robertson, H. C.
Brott, P. E.

Military Sexual Trauma Among Homeless Veterans

BACKGROUND: Military sexual trauma (MST) is the Veteran Health Administration’s (VHA) term for sexual assault and/or sexual harassment that occurs during military service. The experience of MST is associated with a variety of mental health conditions.

2013
Pavao, J.
Turchik, J. A.
Hyun, J. K.
Karpenko, J.
Saweikis, M.
McCutcheon, S.
Kane, V.
Kimerling, R.

Military Sexual Trauma Among Homeless Veterans

Data from homeless Veterans who visited the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) between October 2009 and September 2010 were analyzed to examine gender and mental health differences between those who had experienced military sexual trauma and those who had not.

2013
Pavao, J.
Turchik, J. A.
Hyun, J. K.
Karpenko, J.
Saweikis, M.
McCutcheon, S.
Kane, V.
Kimerling, R.

Mental and Physical Health Status and Alcohol and Drug Use Following Return from Deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan

The authors of this study used a national sample of Veterans within one year of returning from deployment in Afghanistan (OEF) or Iraq (OIF) to examine: (1) mental health symptoms and problematic alcohol/drug use, and (2) differences in mental health and alcohol/ drug use problems by gender, Serv

2012
Eisen, S.
Schultz, M.
Vogt, D.
Glickman, M.
Elwy, A.
Drainoni, M.
Osei-Bonsu, P. E.
Martin, J.

Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans With Reintegration Problems: Differences by Veterans Affairs Healthcare User Status

We studied 1,292 Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans who participated in a clinical trial of expressive writing to estimate the prevalence of perceived reintegration difficulty and compare Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare users to nonusers in terms of demographic and clinical characteristics.

2014
Sayer, N. A.
Orazem, R. J.
Noorbaloochi, S.
Gravely, A.
Frazier, P.
Carlson, K. F.
Oleson, H.