Patient Activation and Mental Health Care Experiences Among Women Veterans

Mental health care needs among recent war veterans.

Given this history and the fact that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are serving for prolonged periods in a hazardous combat environment, we expect the mental health care needs of our newest veterans to be great. In a survey of 3671 Army soldiers and Marines who were involved in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, up to 17 percent of those returning reported symptoms consistent with major depre...

Physical and mental health costs of traumatic war experiences among Civil War veterans.

BACKGROUND Hundreds of thousands of soldiers face exposure to combat during wars across the globe. The health effects of traumatic war experiences have not been adequately assessed across the lifetime of these veterans. OBJECTIVE To identify the role of traumatic war experiences in predicting postwar nervous and physical disease and mortality using archival data from military and medical reco...

Pregnancy and mental health among women veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

BACKGROUND Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) may experience significant stress during military service that can have lingering effects. Little is known about mental health problems or treatment among pregnant OEF/OIF women veterans. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of mental health problems among veterans who received pregnancy-related care...

Veterans Health Administration primary care-mental health integration initiative.

Veterans administration health care utilization among sexual minority veterans.

According to recent census reports, nearly a million veterans have a same-sex partner, yet little is known about them or their use of Veterans Health Care Administration (VHA) services. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) veterans recruited from the community (N = 356) completed an on-line survey to assess their rates of VHA utilization and whether they experience specific barriers to accessing VH...