In this oral history interview John W. Kendall, Jr., M.D., talks about his education, military service, and career at Oregon Health Sciences University. He talks about hi [...]

Firearm-related injuries and deaths are a serious risk among Veterans in rural areas, where almost 25% of Veterans reside. Firearm ownership is more common among Veterans [...]

The recent increased deployment of women in the U.S. military is creating a sharp rise in women accessing Veterans Administration (VA) for health care. Historically, the [...]

Military veterans continue to demonstrate elevated rates of death by suicide compared with the general population. In particular, veterans with a recent psychiatric hospi [...]

David A. Nardone, M.D. spent the majority of his career as a general internist, and also helped to make the OHSU VA hospital smoking-free in the early 1980s, which was so [...]

The first goal of this presentation was to educate the leadership of the American Legion about the risks and damage that the perception of seeking mental health care has [...]

The VA Portland Health Care System serves more than 95,000 veterans every year across SW Washington and throughout Oregon (U.S. Department of Veteran?s Affairs, 2018). Of [...]