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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Boscarino, Joseph A
• Adams, Richard E
• Urosevich, Thomas G
• Hoffman, Stuart N
• Kirchner, H Lester
• Boscarino, Joseph J
• Withey, Carrie A
• Dugan, Ryan J
• Figley, Charles R

Titel

Mental Health Impact of Homecoming Experience Among 1730 Formerly Deployed Veterans From the Vietnam War to Current Conflicts Results From the Veteransʼ Health Study

Ist Teil von

• The journal of nervous and mental disease, 2018-10, Vol.206 (10), p.757-764

Ort / Verlag

United States: Copyright Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ABSTRACTWe examined the effects of homecoming support on current mental health among 1730 deployed veterans from Vietnam, Iraq/Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, and other conflicts. The prevalence of current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was 5.4%, current depression was 8.3%, and 5.4% had suicidal thoughts in the past month. Overall, 26% of veterans had low homecoming support, which was more prevalent among Vietnam veterans (44.3%, p < 0.001). In multivariable logistic regressions, controlling for demographics, combat exposure, number of deployments, trauma history, and operational theater, low postdeployment support was associated with PTSD (odds ratio, 2.13; p = 0.032) and suicidality (odds ratio, 1.91; p < 0.030), but not depression. For suicidality, an interaction was detected for homecoming by theater status, whereby Iraq/Afghanistan veterans with lower homecoming support had a higher probability of suicidal thoughts (p = 0.002). Thus, years after deployment, lower homecoming support was associated with current PTSD and suicidality, regardless of theater and warzone exposures. For suicidality, lower support had a greater impact on Iraq/Afghanistan veterans.