Views on U. Among veterans, these views are consistent across era of service, rank and combat experience. Note: See full topline results and methodology. In times of uncertainty, good decisions demand good data. Please support our research with a financial contribution. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics. Pew Research Center now uses as the last birth year for Millennials in our work. President Michael Dimock explains why. The VA only began tracking war veteran suicides in even rates are now significantly higher than among comparable civilians. A report found that child abuse in Army families was been three times higher in homes from which a parent was deployed.
The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs should record all war-related injuries and post-deployment deaths of service members, regardless of whether they receive VA treatment. The U. Researchers are also looking at drugs to block pathways that program cells to die, and medication to improve recovery of brain function after injuries occur. The team studied Veterans who had been exposed to bomb blasts within feet and 56 who had not.
Study participants had an average age of 33 years. By conducting specially designed brain imaging on each Veteran, the team learned that even in blasts that do not necessarily lead to concussion, Veterans exposed to bomb blasts showed aging in brain images designed to detect the "leakiness" and fraying of the white matter in the brain. Consequences of this potentially premature brain aging could be increased rehabilitation time and an earlier need for health care for aging issues like dementia.
VA supports a wide array of research in engineering and technology to improve the lives of Veterans with disabilities. Several centers provide environments for established investigators to collaborate with and mentor young scientists. The centers are organized around specific areas of investigation critical to the rehabilitation of Veterans with disabilities.
Within the centers, research is being carried out on a number of cutting-edge technologies, including advanced wheelchair designs. VA is also looking at ways to regrow vital nerve connections and body tissues and to prevent limb loss. VA researchers are also helping to create or optimize advanced prosthetic limbs see our Prosthetics page for more information.
Others are looking at new therapies for spinal cord injury and the medical complications that spinal cord injured Veterans often develop. VA's Polytrauma System of Care is the largest integrated system of care dedicated to the medical rehabilitation of Veterans and service members with combat and non-combat related traumatic brain injuries and multiple other injuries. The system is dedicated to providing comprehensive, evidence based rehabilitation services to improve and maintain the ability to function of all patients in its care.
These conditions co-occur, along with other injuries, in about 4 of 10 Veterans receiving polytrauma care in the VA system. VA researchers from the South Texas Veterans Health Care System looked at whether the three conditions together increased the risk of suicide among Veterans above the risk of each of the conditions alone, and found they did not.
The team's finding underscored the major role PTSD plays in the risk of suicide risk, and, according to researchers, validated VA's strong focus on screening for and treating the condition. More than 20, Veterans participated in the study, half of whom were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
The study aims to provide insight on the overall health of recent Veterans, to improve VA's understanding of the health services Veterans need, and to maximize the quality of care VA offers to these Veterans. Among the study's findings so far have been:.
Burn pits were a common way to get rid of waste at military sites in Iraq and Afghanistan. Toxins in burn pit smoke may affect the skin, eyes, respiratory and cardiovascular systems, the gastrointestinal tract, and internal organs. VA and DoD researchers are currently conducting a number of studies on possible scientific and medical evidence related to health issues and exposure to burn pits.
Respiratory health— In , a team of researchers at VA's War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center in New Jersey reviewed and summarized the results of 19 previous studies of Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans to look for trends in their respiratory health. The team found that these Veterans had higher rates of respiratory problems during and after their deployment compared to Veterans who were not deployed.
They also found, however, that the data was inconclusive about the impact of service in the two countries on long-term respiratory health. Previously, the Department of Defense's Millennium Cohort Study , which now collaborates with VA, analyzed data on more than 46, Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and found that deployed personnel, especially those who saw ground combat, were more likely than those who did not deploy to have persistent cough or shortness of breath—but the rates of bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma were nearly identical.
Cognitive processing therapy for veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder. J Consult Clin Psychol. Med Care. Interventions to reduce delays in initiating mental health treatment may improve Veterans' treatment response.
Psychiatr Serv. A national cohort study of the association between the polytrauma clinical triad and suicide-related behavior among US Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Although the polytrauma clinical triad was a moderate suicide-related behavior predictions, interactions among its conditions, particularly PTSD, and depression or substance abuse had larger risk increases. Am J Public Health. Airborne hazards exposure and respiratory health of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.
Published data based on case reports and retrospective cohort studies suggest a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms and respiratory illness consistent with airway obstruction in Veterans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Epidemoil Rev.
This meta-analysis examined 33 studies published between and and PTSD prevalence was estimated at 23 percent. J Anxiety Disord. Non-suicidal self injury may be a particularly useful marker of active suicidal ideation among Veterans. Psychiatry Res. Military blast exposure, ageing and white matter integrity.
Blast exposure may negatively affect brain-ageing trajectories at the microstructural tissue level. Military misconduct and homelessness among US Veterans separated from active duty, Veterans with discharges for misconduct have dramatically higher rates of homelessness than those who left under normal circumstances.
An exploration of returning Veterans' sexual health issues using a brief self-report measure.
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