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Sexual harassment, assault more likely for deployed women who saw 'combat' | Military.com | 30 Sept 2013 |
Deployed women who underwent "combat-like" experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan are much more likely to report sexual harassment and sexual assault compared with other deployed women, according to a new study. |
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Deployment Factors Are Not Related to Rise in Military Suicides | New York Times | 6 Aug 2013 |
The record number of military suicides seen in recent years may not be directly due to extended deployments or combat experience, according to a new study. This data analysis, funded by the Department of Defense, suggests that the real reason behind the growing number of military suicides is underlying mental health issues in this population. Also reported at:
CNN, Med Page Today, US News and World Report, Forbes, USA Today, Stars and Stripes, Fox4KC.com, WRAL, NPR, KPBS, Washington Post |
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Risk factors for lower extremity tendinopathies in military personnel | Healio | 01 August 2013 |
Lower extremity tendinopathies and plantar fasciitis were common injuries among military personnel, with plantar fasciitis incidents significantly associated with deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to recent study results |
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Inadequate Sleep May in Itself Up Odds of Diabetes Onset | Medscape News Today | 15 July 2013 |
Troubled sleep, short sleep, and sleep apnea predicted the onset of type 2 diabetes, independent of mental-health disorders, in a prospective study of young, healthy military personnel. |
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New-onset PTSD/depression risk in deployed healthcare professionals | Combat and Operational Stress Research Quarterly | Summer 2013 |
Military healthcare professionals have similar rates of new-onset PTSD or depression compared to those in other military occupations. Similar to other types of military personnel, combat exposure was the key factor that increased the rates of new-onset PTSD/depression in this sample, as deployed healthcare professionals with combat exposure had twice the odds of new-onset PTSD/depression compared to those deployed without combat exposure. Article is on page 3 of the Summer 2013 issue
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Pre-Existing Insomnia Linked to PTSD and Other Mental Disorders After Military Deployment | Science Daily | 28 June 2013< |
Pre-Existing Insomnia Linked to PTSD and Other Mental Disorders After Military Deployment Science Daily - 28 June 2013 The new study, published in the July 2013 issue of the journal SLEEP, found that pre-existing insomnia symptoms conferred almost as a large of a risk for those mental disorders as combat exposure. Also reported at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262670.php
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Report Examines Readjustment Needs of Veterans and Troops | US Medicine | 8 April 2013 |
DoD and VA should sponsor longitudinal studies to answer questions regarding long-term effect of TBI, PTSD and other mental health disorders, a recent IoM report recommended. The report suggested that current studies like the Millennium Cohort Study and the Longitudinal Health Study of the Gulf War Era Veterans may provide a platform for long-term followup. |
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After combat, do military moms get more depressed than women without kids? | Washington Post | 25 January 2013 |
"Women who deploy and report combat-associated exposures after childbirth are significantly more likely to screen positive for maternal depression than are women who did not deploy after childbirth," concluded the study, titled "Is Military Deployment a Risk Factor for Maternal Depression?" and appearing in the Journal of Women's Health. |
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VA finds sexual assaults more common in war zones | USA Today | 26 December 2012 |
Scientists found that military women who had served between 2001 and 2004, and who had been in direct combat, were 2 1/2 times more likely to say they had been sexually assaulted during those years than female servicemembers who had never been to war. |
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Substance Abuse In The Military Now A Public Health Crisis | Huffington Post | 27 September 2012 |
According to the Millennium Cohort Study soldiers who are deployed and exposed to combat, "are at increased risk of new-onset heavy weekly drinking, binge drinking, and other alcohol-related problems." |
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