Brief Summary: This study examined age-specific patterns in the mental health service utilization and treatment discharge outcomes among military-connected children and adolescents. Electronic health records from 1,198 children (aged 2-12) […]
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Marital quality and loneliness among aging Vietnam-era combat veterans: The moderating role of PTSD symptom severity (2025)
Brief Summary: Using a sample of 269 Vietnam-era Veterans, this study examined whether marital quality at baseline (assessed by multiple indicators, such as companionship, sociability, and tension) was associated with […]
Enhancing engagement in parenting programs: A comparative study of in-person, online and telehealth formats
Brief Summary: This study compared the program engagement (i.e., enrollment and attendance) of 244 National Guard and Reserve families randomly assigned to 3 different formats of the ADAPT4U parenting program: […]
Continuity in psychological health and role functioning across deployment (2020)
“Scholars have described military deployments as one of the most stressful aspects of life for military couples. Deployment affects multiple roles and family members, yet little is known about the degree to which postdeployment outcomes are accounted for by predeployment functioning independent of deployment experiences.”
Continuity in psychological health and role functioning across deployment (2019)
“Scholars have described military deployments as one of the most stressful aspects of life for military couples. Deployment affects multiple roles and family members, yet little is known about the degree to which postdeployment outcomes are accounted for by predeployment functioning independent of deployment experiences.”
Reported barriers to mental health care in three samples of U.S. Army National Guard soldiers at three time points (2014)
The military community and its partners have made vigorous efforts to address treatment barriers and increase appropriate mental health services use among returning National Guard soldiers. We assessed whether there were differences in reports of treatment barriers in three categories: stigma, logistics, or negative beliefs about treatment.
Support for Casualty Notification Officers (2008)
This document was created for Casualty Notification Officers (CNOs) preparing to notify family members that a military member has been wounded or died.