Introduction In 2015, 47% of the U.S. Veteran population consisted of individuals 65 years of age and older. This percentage is projected to remain stable for at least the next 15 years. Relative to non-veterans of similar age, older Veterans are at higher risk for mental health disorders...
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was compared with care provided to a comparable population treated in the private sector. Methods: Two cohorts of individuals with mental disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, and substance use disorders) were ...
Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (PCL-5) in veterans. Psychol Assess. 2016;28(11):1379–91. Article PubMed Google Scholar Verhey R, Chibanda D, Gibson L, Brakarsh J, Seedat S. Validation of the ...
Imprisoned Veterans suffering PTSD are given AVS devices ( Light and Sound Machines ) to aid recovery from Stress Related Disorders) including Panic Attacks and Depression.
where there is a clear difference between people with and without the disease, andback pain, where many people experience symptoms, but only relatively few have their functioning disrupted by those symptoms. Nevertheless, all categories of mental disorders include conditions that range in severity, fr...
Shawn Singh, CEO of VistaGen, discusses how to improve and more effectively treat mental health disorders for returning veterans, who currently account for 20% of all suicides in the United States.
PURPOSE: The effects of varenicline treatment for smoking cessation on mental health (MH) stability in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was studied. METHODS: Data were collected by retrospective chart review at a Veterans Affairs medical center. Patients with PTSD who were prescribed...
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the association between mental health and reproductive system disorders in women.
Seal, KH, Shi, Y, Cohen, G (2012) Association of mental health disorders with prescription opioids and high-risk opioid use in US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. JAMA 307: pp. 940-947Seal KH, Shi Y, Cohen G, et al. Association of mental health disorders with prescription of opioids...
Editorial commentary on 'mental health disorders and the risk of death and AIDS-defining illness in HIV-infected veterans'. As Nurutdinova et al. [1] correctly note, the effect of mental health disorders on mortality and morbidity in HIV-infected patients has not been well chara... David,Do...