Exposure to stress often is psychologically distressing. The impact of stress on alcohol use
and the risk of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) depends on the type, timing during the life …

The military lifestyle often includes continuous operations whether in training or deployed
environments. These stressful environments present unique challenges for service members …

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Abstract The Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS) is the US Department of Defense's
flagship survey for understanding the health, health-related behaviors, and well-being of …

Context A growing body of literature has demonstrated the association of combat in Iraq and
Afghanistan with postdeployment mental health problems, particularly posttraumatic stress …

Objectives. We sought to investigate longitudinal trends and risk factors for mental health
diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Methods. We determined the prevalence …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about health and health behavior differences among military
service veterans, active duty service members, National Guard/Reserve members, and …

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and correlates of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and drug use
disorder (DUD) diagnoses in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are new users of …

Background Concerns have been raised about the psychological effect of continued combat
exposure and of repeated deployments. We examined the consequences of deployment to …

BackgroundMost previous attempts to determine the psychological cost of military
deployment have been limited by reliance on convenience samples, lack of pre-deployment …