Strong Committed Relationships Can Buffer Military Suicides
Can being in a strong committed relationship reduce the risk of suicide? Researchers at Michigan State University believe so, especially...
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Operation Surf Uses Surfing to Help Veterans
Photo Credit: ESPN Every day roughly twenty veterans commit suicide. It is estimated that 22% of all suicide deaths in...
Mental Fitness: We Can Actually Train to Become Resilient Leaders!
What if I told you that mental fitness is something you can develop in the same way you build your...
Veterans: Take This Survey!
Learning about military-to-civilian reintegration requires asking the right questions of the right people. A novel, new study is seeking military...
Will Veteran Suicide and Mental Illness Rate Improve?
Even in Afghanistan, I will seek pet therapy! - Rick Rogers (pictured above) It was about 9 years ago. I...
UA Study to Take ‘Deep Dive’ into Risk Factors for Veterans, Suicides
University of Alabama researchers, America’s Warrior Partnership and The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation have partnered on a four-year, $2.9 million study to explore...
Military Service Boosts Resilience, Well-Being Among Transgender Veterans
Transgender people make up a small percentage of active-duty U.S. military personnel, but their experience in the service may yield...
More Veterans Have Enrolled in College with Post-9/11 G.I. Bill
Capt. Irvin Drummond, U.S. Army, studies at a computer 18 May 2007. (Photo by Chris Sanders, U.S. Army) The Post-9/11...
What Do Service Women Need: Invisible Veterans but Resilient Leaders
As a military health researcher, I hear veteran women tell me all the time that they sometimes feel invisible. The...
Loneliness Kills: Lessons From a Combat Hospital
Kate Hendricks (center) I used to think I understood health. I worked in fitness and told people about it for...
Danielle King: A Champion for the Disabled and LBGTQA Youth
Danielle King: Master's Degree Student at Rutgers School of Public Health Danielle King’s deep concern for the well-being of others...
Simple Intervention Proves Effective in Reducing Suicide Among Active-Duty Soldiers
Suicidal behavior among active-duty service members can be reduced for up to six months with a relatively simple intervention that...
Military Women: The Surprising Health Benefits of Combat Integration
Better, Not Worse, Together Military veterans have a good understanding of what unit cohesion means, but if you’re not a...
Battling for Balance
When I left the Marine Corps, I had a hard time carving a new identity for myself. I was terribly...
Trauma-Informed Care for Veterans
By Kate Hendricks Thompson and Sarah Plummer Taylor An increase in trauma-informed care leads to more efficient and effective response...
It’s Grief To Me – Death, Divorce, Incarceration, Deployment and Foster Care
Every year, educators in the public education system spend roughly 180 days and approximately around 1,000 hours with our children....
Military-Civilian Drift: Leaders Work to Bridge the Gap at S2C Summit
I spent last week at the University of Alabama's second Service Member to Civilian Summit. S2C was full of amazing...
Mental Fitness Training: A New Military and Veteran Mental Health Paradigm
The idea that PTSD is an unalterable, lifetime sentence is neurologically untrue. This is good news!!! So why haven't our...
5 Ways a PTSD Service Dog Can Help
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Sean Stevenson takes a knee while on a security patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan, June...
How Do We Alter the Dialogue About Resilence
Despite the vast news coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, one figure has remained mysterious: the...
