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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Suicide prevention and the mental wellbeing among our military veterans has recently become a national priority. Traditionally, the US military has appreciated lower suic [...]

Few studies have asked veterans about their lived experiences with suicidal thoughts and little is known about the thoughts and feelings that arise leading up to a suicid [...]

The Portland Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides acute treatment for opioid use disorder through the Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP) and Opioid Treatm [...]