Military Trauma System Trends in Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts
This analysis of all US military casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq from October 2001 through December 2017 assesses the association of trends in survival with advances in initial battlefield...
View ArticleTask Force to Prevent Veteran Suicides
Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie and White House Domestic Policy Council Director Joe Grogan recently launched a cabinet-level task force to help prevent veteran suicides.
View ArticleMaternal Resilience and Maternal and Child Health and Health System...
This survey study evaluates associations of conflict severity with improvement of health system performance, use of health services, and child nutrition outcomes in Afghanistan during the 2003 to 2018...
View ArticleA Historical Examination of Military Records of US Army Suicide, 1819 to 2017
This cross-sectional study consolidates data on suicides among active-duty personnel in the US Army from 1819 to 2017 and identifies historical trends to separate them from more acute causal factors.
View ArticleFactors Associated With Suicide Ideation in US Army Soldiers in Afghanistan
This survey study examines the association of sociodemographic characteristics, lifetime and past-year stressors, and mental disorders with 30-day suicide ideation among US Army soldiers during their...
View ArticleFirst-Line Psychotherapies for Military-Related PTSD
This JAMA Insights Clinical Update reviews psychotherapy treatments for military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and discusses that psychotherapies do not outperform non–trauma-focused...
View ArticleWar-Related and Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health States of Yazidi Women
This cross-sectional study evaluates the associations between Yazidi women’s experiences of violence (ie, war violence, partner violence, enslavement) and their mental health.
View ArticleLong-term PTSD Symptoms Among First Responders to the 2011 Great East Japan...
This cohort study explores the long-term course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and identifies risk factors and their relative association with posttraumatic stress disorder among...
View ArticleLong-term Health Outcomes Among Survivors Exposed to Sulfur Mustard in Iran
This cohort study investigates the prevalence by sex, age, and symptom severity of long-term lung, eye, and skin complications among survivors exposed to sulfur mustard between 1980 and 1988 during the...
View ArticleCombating the Peacetime Effect in Military Medicine
This Viewpoint proposes the term peacetime effect to describe the erosion of skills needed by military surgeons during periods of relative peace and discusses partnerships for maintaining the edge in...
View ArticleAgent Orange Exposure and Dementia Diagnosis in US Veterans of the Vietnam Era
This study examines the association between Agent Orange exposure and incident dementia diagnosis among US veterans who served in the Vietnam era.
View ArticleCombat Experiences and Suicide Attempts Among US Service Members
This cohort study evaluates the association of specific combat exposures with suicide attempts among active-duty members of the US Armed Forces.
View ArticleMental Health Symptoms Among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms among displaced Rohingya adults and investigates the association of predisplacement abuse and postdisplacement...
View ArticleAgent Orange Exposure and Dementia Diagnosis in US Veterans of the Vietnam Era
This study examines the association between Agent Orange exposure and incident dementia diagnosis among US veterans who served in the Vietnam era.
View ArticleAssociation Between Responsibility for the Death of Others and Mental Health...
This cohort study examines the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder, suicidality, depression, and functional impairment in US Army service members who were exposed to combat experiences.
View ArticleTraumatic Brain Injury and Mortality Among Military Veterans After September...
This cohort study examines the association of traumatic brain injury with mortality among US military veterans serving after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and compares mortality rates for...
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