The need for addressing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among combat veterans
returning from Afghanistan and Iraq is a growing public health concern. Current PTSD …

Importance Although high rates of current mental disorder are known to exist in the US Army,
little is known about the proportions of these disorders that had onsets prior to enlistment …

This article is a primer to understand the medical advances and the future health care
consequences of the current conflicts in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, known as the …

Background Violence against women by intimate partners remains unacceptably common
worldwide. The evidence base for the assumed psychological impacts of intimate partner …

Why do “ordinary” people engage in collective violence, harming others on behalf of their
group? In this article, we argue that the violent group itself, and the identity it bestows on …

The physical demands on US service members have increased significantly over the past
several decades as the number of military operations requiring overseas deployment have …

We exploit plausibly exogenous variation in overseas deployment assignment to estimate
the effect of combat exposure on psychological well-being. Controlling for pre-deployment …

Background The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has led many Ukrainians to fight for
their country, either in the regular army or as civilian members of voluntary territorial defense …

Globally, one in three women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) over their lifetimes.
Yet, the factors that cause men to commit IPV remain poorly understood. We propose and …

This paper identifies war intensity effects of the 1992–1995 Bosnian War on schooling
attainment, and explores possible channels of influence. Empirical identification relies on …