A5032847719- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Sex work and related issues
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Occupational Health and Performance
Defense Health Agency
2017-2025
Health Affairs
2021
United States Department of Defense
2013-2021
University of Washington
2019
eHealth Initiative
2012-2018
VA Portland Health Care System
2016
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
2015
The Geneva Foundation
2015
United States Army Medical Research and Development Command
2015
Veterans Health Administration
2015
A pressing question in military suicide prevention research is whether deployment support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Iraqi relates to risk. Prior smaller studies report differing results and often have not included suicides that occurred after separation from service.To examine the association between among all 3.9 million US personnel who served during Freedom, including separation.This retrospective cohort design used administrative data identify dates for service members (October 7,...
Prolonged exposure (PE) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but there limited research with active-duty military populations. Virtual reality (VRE) has shown promise randomized trials are needed to evaluate efficacy relative existing standards of care. This study evaluated the VRE and PE active duty soldiers PTSD from deployments Iraq Afghanistan.Active-duty (N = 162) were 10-sessions PE, VRE, or a minimal attention waitlist (WL). Blinded assessors...
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact Virtual Hope Box (VHB), a smartphone app improve stress coping skills, suicidal ideation, and perceived reasons for living among patients at elevated risk suicide self-harm.The authors conducted parallel-group randomized controlled trial with two groups U.S. service veterans in active mental health treatment who had recently expressed ideation. Between March 2014 April 2015, 118 were enrolled study. Participants assigned use VHB (N=58) or...
Internalized homonegativity encompasses negative attitudes toward one's own sexual orientation and is associated with mental physical health outcomes. The Reactions to Homosexuality Scale (Ross & Rosser, 1996 Ross, M. W. B. R. S. 1996. Measurement correlates of internalized homophobia: A factor analytic study. Journal Clinical Psychology, 52: 15–21. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), an instrument used measure homonegativity, has been criticized for including content...
Health administrators and educators working in clinical settings are often charged with cultivating a culturally competent environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) patients. To better understand what constitutes such an environment, we conducted seven focus groups health care providers LGBT patients living Midwestern metropolitan area of the United States. Findings identified consisting structural components as décor patient flow, systemic components, mission statements,...
The primary objective of this study was to develop and test a highly interactive Internet-based HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with (MSM). MSM remain the group at highest risk HIV/AIDS in United States similar countries. As Internet becomes popular seeking sex, online interventions reduce sexual are critical. Given previous studies, secondary demonstrate that good retention is possible trials.
The smartphone is an increasingly widespread technological vehicle for general health and psychological promotion, evaluation, education, sometimes intervention. However, the psychometric performance of behavioral screening measures has not been commonly evaluated new, small-format, touch-screen medium. Before mobile-based applications can be disseminated confidently, reliability validity administered by must evaluated. We compared properties (i.e., internal consistency test-retest...
Evidence of feasibility, safety, and effectiveness home-based telebehavioral health (HBTBH) needs to be established before adoption HBTBH in the military system can occur. The purpose this randomized controlled noninferiority trial was compare care provided traditional in-office setting among personnel veterans.One hundred twenty-one U.S. service members veterans were recruited at a treatment facility Veterans Health Administration hospital. Participants receive 8 sessions behavioral...
Underage alcohol compliance checks conducted by law enforcement agencies can reduce the likelihood of illegal sales at checked establishments, and theory suggests that an establishment is may warn nearby establishments are being in area. In this study, we examined whether effects diffuse to neighboring establishments.We used data from Complying with Minimum Drinking Age trial, which included more than 2,000 900 establishments. The primary outcome was sale a pseudo-underage buyer without need...