Background Women comprise a growing proportion of Veterans seeking care at Veterans
Affairs (VA) healthcare facilities. VA initiatives have accelerated changes in services for …

Background Given recent, rapid growth in the field of women veterans' mental health, the
goal of this review was to update the status of women veterans' mental health research and …

Objective This study analyzed data from a national survey of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
to improve understanding of mental health services use and perceived barriers. Methods …

Background: Patient-centered access to mental health describes the fit between patient
needs and resources of the system. To date, little data are available to guide implementation …

Abstract Purpose Veterans Health Administration (VHA) initiatives aim to provide veterans
timely access to quality health care. The focus of this analysis was provider and staff …

Female veterans differ from their male veteran counterparts in terms of ratio of men to
women, minority status, economic status, and age. In 2014, female veterans totaled over 2 …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 12 (2) of
Psychological Services (see record 2015-13582-001). The institutional affiliation in the …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the signature injuries of the US conflicts in
Afghanistan and Iraq, but it affects veterans of all eras. It is estimated that 7-20% of service …

Background: Over half of veterans in the criminal justice system have mental health or
substance use disorders. However, there is a critical lack of information about female …

Objective This study examines the demographic, diagnostic, and military variables
associated with psychotherapy utilization and retention in a national Veteran sample …