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Charting a Course to Support Military Families Navigating Service Systems for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Study
(2020-04-30)Most military families experience mandatory relocation, or posting, several times during their military career. For Canadian military families, who must access provincial or territorial health care systems, maintaining ... -
Child Abuse Experiences and Perceived Need for Care and Mental Health Service Use among Members of the Canadian Armed Forces
(2017-03-22)Objective: Child abuse is associated with poor mental health outcomes in adulthood. However, little is known about how a history of child abuse may be related to perceived need for care (PNC) and mental health service use ... -
Comorbid PTSD and Social Anxiety Disorder: Associations With Quality of Life and Suicide Attempts
(2019-09-17)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) frequently co-occur. Preliminary data from treatment-seeking and veteran samples suggest that the impact of PTSD-SAD comorbidity may be additive, ... -
Correlates of perceived military to civilian transition challenges among Canadian Armed Forces Veterans
(2020-04-30)Analyses of the Canadian Armed Forces Transition and Well-Being Survey (CAFTWS) were conducted to identify the most prominent challenges faced by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Veterans during their military to civilian ... -
Correlates of Veteran Status in a Canadian Sample of Homeless People With Mental Illness
(2014-12)Many veterans at risk of homelessness also suffer from mental health problems. The aim of this study was to identify correlates of veteran status among housing, mental health, and service use variables in a Canadian sample ... -
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Relationship between Previous Military Experience and Mental Health Disorders in Currently Serving Public Safety Personnel in Canada
(The Canadian journal of psychiatry, 2019-12-13)Objective: There is an increased incidence of some mental health disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in some members of the military and in some public safety personnel (PSP) such as firefighters, ... -
Deployment-Related Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behaviours in a Nationally Representative Sample of Canadian Armed Forces Personnel
(2017-05-10)Objective: Worldwide, there has been substantial controversy with respect to whether military deployment is a risk factor for suicidal behaviour. The present study examined the relationship between lifetime exposure to ... -
A Descriptive Analysis of Medical Health Services Utilization of Veterans Living in Ontario: a Retrospective Cohort Study Using Administrative Healthcare Data
(2016-08-04)Background Health services utilization by Veterans following release may be different than the general population as the result of occupational conditions, requirements and injuries. This study provides the first longitudinal ... -
Determinants of Successful Transition Literature Review
(2018)INTRODUCTION: To understand the current Canadian research on transition from military to civilian life, the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman (OVO) initiated a literature review of peer-reviewed work from both academic and ... -
Disability Correlates in Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force Veterans
(2015)Purpose: This study was undertaken to inform disability mitigation for military veterans by identifying personal, environmental, and health factors associated with activity limitations. Method: A sample of 3154 Canadian ... -
Distance-delivered Interventions for PTSD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(2016)This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of distance-delivered, guided approaches to treatment (e.g., delivered via telephone, Internet, mail, videoconferencing) for clinical and subclinical ... -
Effect of Scattered-Site Housing Using Rent Supplements and Intensive Case Management on Housing Stability Among Homeless Adults With Mental Illness A Randomized Trial
(2015-03)IMPORTANCE: Scattered-site housing with Intensive Case Management (ICM) may be an appropriate and less-costly option for homeless adults with mental illness who do not require the treatment intensity of Assertive Community ... -
Emotional Face Processing in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Reconsolidation Impairment Using Propranolol: A Pilot fMRI Study
(2015)Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exhibit exaggerated emotional reactions to threatening stimuli, which may represent deregulated fear-conditioning, associated with long-term adaptations in the sympathetic ... -
Experiences of Children Exposed to Parental Post-traumatic Stress Disorder While Growing Up In Military and Veteran Families: a Systematic Review Protocol
(2018-04)The objective of this review is to understand how parental Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) might impact children growing up in military and veteran families. The following question will guide and inform the review: ... -
Exploring Chiropractic Services in the Canadian Forces Health Services: Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers Among Key Informants.
(2019-05)Introduction: Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions have a significant impact on the health and operational readiness of military members. The Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) provides a spectrum of health services in ... -
Exploring Strategies Used to Deliver Physical Activity Experiences to Veterans With a Physical Disability
(2017)Purpose: Physical activity is an important method of rehabilitation used to promote positive physical and psychosocial outcomes among military personnel, including Veterans, with a physical disability. However, minimal ... -
Exposures to Potentially Traumatic Events Among Public Safety Personnel in Canada
(2019-01-19)Canadian Public Safety Personnel (e.g., correctional workers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, and police) are regularly exposed to potentially traumatic events, some of which are highlighted as critical incidents ... -
Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a Sample of Military Veterans with and without PTSD
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-04-07)Background: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was developed as a screening tool for problematic alcohol use and an intervention framework to aid those who drink excessively. While the AUDIT is widely ... -
Gender in Veteran Reintegration and Transition: A Scoping Review
(2018-04)This article presents the results of a scoping review of Canadian and international literature on gender and Veteran reintegration and transition. METHODS: The scoping review yielded 178 articles, which were organized ...