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Back, S. E., Killeen, T., Badour, C. L., Flanagan, J. C., Allan, N. P., Ana, E. S., Lozano, B., Korte, K. J., Foa, E. B., & Brady, K. T. (2019). Concurrent treatment of substance use disorders and PTSD using prolonged exposure: A randomized clinical trial in military veterans. Addictive Behaviors, 90, 369–377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.032
Bennett, A. S., Watford, J. A., Elliott, L., Wolfson-Stofko, B., & Guarino, H. (2019). Military veterans’ overdose risk behavior: Demographic and biopsychosocial influences. Addictive Behaviors, 99, 106036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106036
Blonigen, D. M., Macia, K. S., Smelson, D., & Timko, C. (2020). Criminal recidivism among justice-involved veterans following substance use disorder residential treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 106, 106357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106357
Cameron, A. Y., Shea, M. T., & Randall, A. B. (2020). Acute shame predicts urges for suicide but not for substance use in a veteran population. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 50(1), 292–299. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12588
Cancio, R. (2020). Causal modeling of substance use and mental health among male military veterans. Journal of Substance Use, 25(3), 271–276. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2019.1683904
Cancio, R., & Altal, D. (2019). Comparing post-Gulf War and post-9/11 era of service among veterans: Intimate partner violence and substance use by race and ethnicity. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 0(0), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2019.1571978
Colvonen, P. J., Ellison, J., Haller, M., & Norman, S. B. (2019). Examining insomnia and PTSD over time in veterans in residential treatment for substance use disorders and PTSD. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 17(4), 524–535. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2018.1425869
Diaz-Manzano, M., Robles-Pérez, J. J., Herrera-Mendoza, K., Herrera-Tapias, B., Fernández-Lucas, J., Aznar-Lain, S., & Clemente-Suárez, V. J. (2018). Effectiveness of psycho-physiological portable devices to analyse effect of ergogenic aids in military population. Journal of Medical Systems, 42(5), 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-0945-2
Driver, K. (2019). Proposed improvements in Veteran Administration mental health and substance abuse treatment services [Master’s thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology]. https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/10213
Edwards, E. R., Barnes, S., Govindarajulu, U., Geraci, J., & Tsai, J. (2020). Mental health and substance use patterns associated with lifetime suicide attempt, incarceration, and homelessness: A latent class analysis of a nationally representative sample of U.S. veterans. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000488
Ellison, M. L., Schutt, R. K., Yuan, L.-H., Mitchell-Miland, C., Glickman, M. E., McCarthy, S., Smelson, D., Schultz, M. R., & Chinman, M. (2020). Impact of peer specialist services on residential stability and behavioral health status among formerly homeless veterans with cooccurring mental health and substance use conditions. Medical Care, 58(4), 307–313. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001284
Evans, E. A., Upchurch, D. M., Simpson, T., Hamilton, A. B., & Hoggatt, K. J. (2018). Differences by veteran/civilian status and gender in associations between childhood adversity and alcohol and drug use disorders. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(4), 421–435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1463-0
Gunja, A., Stanislawski, M. A., Barón, A. E., Maddox, T. M., Bradley, S. M., & Vidovich, M. I. (2018). The implications of cocaine use and associated behaviors on adverse cardiovascular outcomes among veterans: Insights from the VA Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking (CART) Program. Clinical Cardiology, 41(6), 809–816. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.22961
He, Q., Huang, X., Turel, O., Schulte, M., Huang, D., Thames, A., … Hser, Y.-I. (2018). Presumed structural and functional neural recovery after long-term abstinence from cocaine in male military veterans. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 84, 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.01.024
Ho, P., & Rosenheck, R. (2018). Substance use disorder among current cancer patients: Rates and correlates nationally in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Psychosomatics, 59(3), 267–276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psym.2018.01.003
Jorden, B. J. (2018). Rural veterans: Pathways to homelessness (Dissertation, University of Maryland Baltimore). Retrieved from https://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/handle/10713/8180
Kelley, M. L., Braitman, A. L., White, T. D., & Ehlke, S. J. (2019). Sex differences in mental health symptoms and substance use and their association with moral injury in veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(3), 337–344. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000407
Kelley, M. L., Bravo, A. J., Hamrick, H. C., Braitman, A. L., & Judah, M. R. (2019). Killing during combat and negative mental health and substance use outcomes among recent-era veterans: The mediating effects of rumination. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(4), 379–382. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000385
Mahoney, C. T., Cole, H. E., Gilbar, O., & Taft, C. T. (2020). The role of impulsivity in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and substance use in male military veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(3), 296–306. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22508
Riggs, K. R., Hoge, A. E., DeRussy, A. J., Montgomery, A. E., Holmes, S. K., Austin, E. L., Pollio, D. E., Kim, Y., Varley, A. L., Gelberg, L., Gabrielian, S. E., Blosnich, J. R., Merlin, J., Gundlapalli, A. V., Jones, A. L., Gordon, A. J., & Kertesz, S. G. (2020). Prevalence of and risk factors associated with nonfatal overdose among veterans who have experienced homelessness. JAMA Network Open, 3(3), e201190–e201190. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1190
Ronzitti, S., Loree, A. M., Potenza, M. N., Decker, S. E., Wilson, S. M., Abel, E. A., Haskell, S. G., Brandt, C. A., & Goulet, J. L. (2019). Gender differences in suicide and self-directed violence risk among veterans with post-traumatic stress and substance use disorders. Women’s Health Issues, 29, S94–S102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2019.04.010
Sexton, M. B., Davis, A. K., Buchholz, K. R., Winters, J. J., Rauch, S. A. M., Yzquibell, M., Bonar, E. E., Friday, S., & Chermack, S. T. (2019). Veterans with recent substance use and aggression: PTSD, substance use, and social network behaviors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(4), 424–433. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000367
Spence, N. R., Crawford, A., & LePage, J. P. (2020). Substance use rates of veterans with depression leaving incarceration: A matched sample comparison with general veterans. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 14, 1178221820947082. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221820947082
Stefanovics, E. A., & Rosenheck, R. A. (2020). Gender difference in substance use and psychiatric outcomes among dually diagnosed veterans treated in specialized intensive PTSD programs. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 16(4), 382–391. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2020.1822569
Stevens, E. R., Mazumdar, M., Caniglia, E. C., Khan, M. R., Young, K. E., Edelman, E. J., Gordon, A. J., Fiellin, D. A., Maisto, S. A., Chichetto, N. E., Crystal, S., Gaither, J. R., Justice, A. C., & Braithwaite, R. S. (2020). Insights provided by depression screening regarding pain, anxiety, and substance use in a veteran population. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11, 2150132720949123. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132720949123
Timko, C., Nash, A., Owens, M. D., Taylor, E., & Finlay, A. K. (2020). Systematic review of criminal and legal involvement after substance use and mental health treatment among veterans: Building toward needed research. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 14, 1178221819901281. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221819901281
Young, L. B., Timko, C., Pulido, R. D., Tyler, K. A., Beaumont, C., & Grant, K. M. (2020). Traumatic childhood experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans in substance use disorder treatment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0886260519900937. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519900937
Alcohol
Aase, D. M., Gorka, S. M., Greenstein, J. E., Proescher, E., Crane, N. A., Everett, L.-K., … Phan, K. L. (2018). Cognitive reappraisal moderates the relationship between PTSD symptoms and alcohol use over time in post-9/11 U.S. military veterans. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 191, 159–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.06.032
Adams, R. E., Urosevich, T. G., Hoffman, S. N., Kirchner, H. L., Figley, C. R., Withey, C. A., Boscarino, J. J., Dugan, R. J., & Boscarino, J. A. (2019). Social and psychological risk and protective factors for veteran well-being: The role of veteran identity and its implications for intervention. Military Behavioral Health, 7(3), 304–314. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2019.1580642
Albright, D. L., Holmes, L., Lawson, M., McDaniel, J., Laha-Walsh, K., & McIntosh, S. (2020). Veteran-nonveteran differences in alcohol and drug misuse by tobacco use status in Alabama SBIRT. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 20(1), 46–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2020.1705109
Back, S. E., & Jones, J. L. (2018). Alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: An introduction. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 42(5), 836–840. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13619
Bensley, K. M., Fortney, J., Chan, G., Dombrowski, J. C., Ornelas, I., Rubinsky, A. D., Lapham, G. T., Glass, J. E., & Williams, E. C. (2019). Differences in receipt of alcohol-related care across rurality among va patients living with HIV with unhealthy alcohol use. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(3), 341–353. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12345
Black, A. C., Cooney, N. L., Sartor, C. E., Arias, A. J., & Rosen, M. I. (2018). Impulsivity interacts with momentary PTSD symptom worsening to predict alcohol use in male veterans. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 44(5), 524–531. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2018.1454935
Blonigen, D. M., Harris-Olenak, B., Kuhn, E., Timko, C., Humphreys, K., Smith, J. S., & Dulin, P. (2020). Using peers to increase veterans’ engagement in a smartphone application for unhealthy alcohol use: A pilot study of acceptability and utility. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000598
Blonigen, D., Harris-Olenak, B., Kuhn, E., Humphreys, K., Timko, C., & Dulin, P. (2020). From “step away” to “stand down”: Tailoring a smartphone app for self-management of hazardous drinking for veterans. JMIR MHealth and UHealth, 8(2), e16062.
Calhoun, P. S., Wilson, S. M., Dedert, E. A., Cunningham, K. C., Burroughs, T. K., Hicks, T. A., … Straits-Troster, K. (2018). The association of alcohol consumption patterns with self-rated physical health and psychiatric distress among Afghanistan- and Iraq-era U.S. veterans. Psychiatry Research, 259, 142–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.067
Capone, C., Tripp, J. C., Trim, R. S., Davis, B. C., Haller, M., & Norman, S. B. (2020). Comparing exposure- and coping skills–based treatments on trauma-related guilt in veterans with co-occurring alcohol use and posttraumatic stress disorders. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(4), 603–609. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22538
Chakravorty, S., Morales, K. H., Arnedt, J. T., Perlis, M. L., Oslin, D. W., Findley, J. C., & Kranzler, H. R. (2019). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in alcohol-dependent veterans: A randomized, controlled pilot study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(6), 1244–1253. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14030
Crane, N. A., Gorka, S. M., Burkhouse, K. L., Afshar, K., Greenstein, J. E., Aase, D. M., … Phan, K. L. (2018). Neural response to errors is associated with problematic alcohol use over time in combat-exposed returning veterans: An event-related potential study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 183, 155–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.11.008
Esmaeili, A., Yu, W., Cucciare, M. A., Combs, A. S., Joshi, G., & Humphreys, K. (2020). Budget impact analysis of a computer-delivered brief alcohol intervention in Veterans Affairs (VA) liver clinics: A randomized controlled trial. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 38(4), 515–531. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2020.1760755
Flanagan, J. C., Allan, N. P., Calhoun, C. D., Badour, C. L., Moran-Santa Maria, M., Brady, K. T., & Back, S. E. (2019). Effects of oxytocin on stress reactivity and craving in veterans with co-occurring PTSD and alcohol use disorder. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27(1), 45–54. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000232
Forkus, S. R., Breines, J. G., & Weiss, N. H. (2020). PTSD and alcohol misuse: Examining the mediating role of fear of self-compassion among military veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(4), 364–372. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000481
Forkus, S. R., Rosellini, A. J., Monteith, L. L., Contractor, A. A., & Weiss, N. H. (2020). Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(7), 716–724. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000604
Fuehrlein, B. S., Kachadourian, L. K., DeVylder, E. K., Trevisan, L. A., Potenza, M. N., Krystal, J. H., … Pietrzak, R. H. (2018). Trajectories of alcohol consumption in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans study. The American Journal on Addictions, 27(5), 383–390. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12731
Gelernter, J., Sun, N., Polimanti, R., Pietrzak, R. H., Levey, D. F., Lu, Q., Hu, Y., Li, B., Radhakrishnan, K., Aslan, M., Cheung, K.-H., Li, Y., Rajeevan, N., Sayward, F., Harrington, K., Chen, Q., Cho, K., Honerlaw, J., Pyarajan, S., Lenxz, T., Quaden, R., Shi, Y., Hunter-Zinck, H., Gaziano, J. M., Kranzler, H. R., Concato, J., Zhao, H., & Stein, M. B. (2019). Genome-wide association study of maximum habitual alcohol intake in >140,000 U.S. European and African American veterans yields novel risk loci. Biological Psychiatry, 86(5), 365–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.03.984
Gunn, R., Jackson, K., Borsari, B., & Metrik, J. (2019). A longitudinal examination of daily patterns of cannabis and alcohol co-use among medicinal and recreational veteran cannabis users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205, 107661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107661
Gunn, R. L., Stevens, A. K., Micalizzi, L., Jackson, K. M., Borsari, B., & Metrik, J. (2020). Longitudinal associations between negative urgency, symptoms of depression, cannabis and alcohol use in veterans. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 28(4), 426–437. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000357
Harlé, K. M., Simmons, A. N., Norman, S. B., & Spadoni, A. D. (2020). Neural affective mechanisms associated with treatment responsiveness in veterans with PTSD and comorbid alcohol use disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 305, 111172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111172
Hausman, C., Meffert, B. N., Mosich, M. K., & Heinz, A. J. (2020). Impulsivity and cognitive flexibility as neuropsychological markers for suicidality: A multi-modal investigation among military veterans with alcohol use disorder and PTSD. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(3), 313–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2019.1635930
Kachadourian, L. K., Gandelman, E., Ralevski, E., & Petrakis, I. L. (2018). Suicidal ideation in military veterans with alcohol dependence and PTSD: The role of hostility. The American Journal on Addictions, 27(2), 124–130. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12688
Kim, N. J., Pearson, M., Vutien, P., Su, F., Moon, A. M., Berry, K., Green, P. K., Williams, E. C., & Ioannou, G. N. (2020). Alcohol use and long-term outcomes among U.S. veterans who received direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C treatment. Hepatology Communications, 4(2), 314–324. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1464
Koch, A. (2019). Long-term sustained recovery from alcohol use disorders among veterans: A grounded theory investigation. Journal of Veterans Studies, 4(2), 112–136. https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v4i2.94
Leightley, D., Rona, R. J., Shearer, J., Williamson, C., Gunasinghe, C., Simms, A., Fear, N. T., Goodwin, L., & Murphy, D. (2020). Evaluating the efficacy of a mobile app (drinks:ration) and personalized text and push messaging to reduce alcohol consumption in a veteran population: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(10), e19720. https://doi.org/10.2196/19720
Livingston, N. A., Mahoney, C. T., Ameral, V., Brief, D., Rubin, A., Enggasser, J., Litwack, S., Helmuth, E., Roy, M., Solhan, M., Rosenbloom, D., & Keane, T. (2020). Changes in alcohol use, PTSD hyperarousal symptoms, and intervention dropout following veterans’ use of VetChange. Addictive Behaviors, 107, 106401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106401
Lyons, R., Haller, M., Curry, I., & Norman, S. B. (2020). The relationship between negative trauma-related cognitions and psychosocial functioning in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder. Substance Abuse, 41(1), 132–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2019.1635957
Lyons, R., Haller, M., Rivera, G., & Norman, S. (2020). Negative affect mediates the association between posttraumatic cognitions and craving in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 16(3), 292–298. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2020.1741754
Maciejewski, M. L., Smith, V. A., Berkowitz, T. S. Z., Arterburn, D. E., Mitchell, J. E., Olsen, M. K., Liu, C.-F., Livingston, E. H., Funk, L. M., Adeyemo, A., & Bradley, K. A. (2020). Association of bariatric surgical procedures with changes in unhealthy alcohol use among US veterans. JAMA Network Open, 3(12), e2028117–e2028117. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28117
MacLeish, K. (2020). Care and the nonhuman politics of veteran drunk driving. Cultural Anthropology, 35(1), 23-30-23–30. https://doi.org/10.14506/ca35.1.04
Mahoney, C. T., Livingston, N. A., Wong, M. M., Rosen, R. C., Marx, B. P., & Keane, T. M. (2020). Parallel process modeling of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and alcohol use severity in returning veterans. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34(5), 569–578. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000569
Metrik, J., Gunn, R. L., Jackson, K. M., Sokolovsky, A. W., & Borsari, B. (2018). Daily patterns of marijuana and alcohol co‐use among individuals with alcohol and cannabis use disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 42(6), 1096–1104. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13639
Norman, S. B., Haller, M., Hamblen, J. L., Southwick, S. M., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2018). The burden of co-occurring alcohol use disorder and PTSD in U.S. Military veterans: Comorbidities, functioning, and suicidality. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(2), 224–229. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000348
Osilla, K. C., Trail, T. E., Pedersen, E. R., Gore, K. L., Tolpadi, A., & Rodriguez, L. M. (2018). Efficacy of a web-based intervention for concerned spouses of service members and veterans with alcohol misuse. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44(2), 292–306. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12279
O’Toole, B. I., Gorman, P., & Catts, S. V. (2020). Military combat, posttraumatic stress disorder, and the course of alcohol use disorders in a cohort of Australian Vietnam War veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(5), 709–719. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22588
Pedersen, E. R., Huang, W., Cohen, A. N., & Young, A. S. (2018). Alcohol use and service utilization among veterans in treatment for schizophrenia. Psychological Services, 15(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000109
Porter, B., Hoge, C. W., Tobin, L. E., Donoho, C. J., Castro, C. A., Luxton, D. D., & Faix, D. (2018). Measuring aggregated and specific combat exposures: Associations between combat exposure measures and posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol-related problems. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31(2), 296–306. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22273
Rodriguez, L. M., Osilla, K. C., Trail, T. E., Gore, K. L., & Pedersen, E. R. (2018). Alcohol use among concerned partners of heavy drinking service members and veteran. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44(2), 277–291. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12261
Schreiner, A. M., Livingston, N. A., Heilman, M., Lynch, T., Vittorio, L., Brief, D. J., Rubin, A., Enggasser, J. L., Roy, M., Solhan, M., Helmuth, E., Rosenbloom, D., & Keane, T. M. (2020). Understanding motives for and against hazardous drinking and change among returning veterans. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000423
Sexton, M. B., Dawson, S., Spencer, R. J., Phillips, D., Reckow, J. M., Conroy., D. A., Winters, J. J., Bonar, E. E., & Chermack, S. T. (2020). Relationships between insomnia and alcohol and cocaine use frequency with aggression among veterans engaged in substance use treatment. Sleep Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.10.010
Smith, R. V., Kranzler, H. R., Justice, A. C., & Tate, J. P. (2019). Longitudinal drinking patterns and their clinical correlates in Million Veteran Program participants. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(3), 465–472. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13951
Stefanovics, E. A., Gavriel-Fried, B., Potenza, M. N., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2020). Current drinking patterns in US veterans with a lifetime history of alcohol use disorder: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1803893
Straus, E., Norman, S. B., Haller, M., Southwick, S. M., Hamblen, J. L., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2019). Differences in protective factors among U.S. Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol use disorder, and their comorbidity: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 194, 6–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.09.011
Straus, E., Norman, S. B., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2020). Determinants of new-onset alcohol use disorder in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Addictive Behaviors, 105, 106313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106313
Szabo, Y. Z., Breeding, T., Hejl, C., Guleria, R. S., Nelson, S. M., & Zambrano-Vazquez, L. (2020). Cortisol as a biomarker of alcohol use in combat veterans: A literature review and framework for future research. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 16(3), 322–335. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2020.1771504
Thorisdottir, A. S., Mason, J. E., Vig, K., & Asmundson, G. J. G. (2020). Factor structure and measurement invariance of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in a sample of military veterans with and without PTSD. Substance Use & Misuse, 55(8), 1370–1377. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1744656
Tripp, J. C., Haller, M., Trim, R. S., Straus, E., Bryan, C. J., Davis, B. C., Lyons, R., Hamblen, J. L., & Norman, S. B. (2020). Does exposure exacerbate symptoms in veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000634
Trone, D. W., Powell, T. M., Bauer, L. M., Seelig, A. D., Peterson, A. V., Littman, A. J., … Boyko, E. J. (2018). Smoking and drinking behaviors of military spouses: Findings from the millennium cohort family study. Addictive Behaviors, 77, 121–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.09.015
Williams, E. C., Bryson, C. L., Sun, H., Au, D. H., & Bradley, K. A. (2018). Association between alcohol use and angina symptoms among outpatients from the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 12(2), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000379
Williams, Emily C., McGinnis, K. A., Bobb, J. F., Rubinsky, A. D., Lapham, G. T., Skanderson, M., … Bradley, K. A. (2018). Changes in alcohol use associated with changes in HIV disease severity over time: A national longitudinal study in the veterans aging cohort. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 189, 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.04.022
Wilson, S. M., Burroughs, T. K., Newins, A. R., Dedert, E. A., Medenblik, A. M., McDonald, S. D., … Calhoun, P. S. (2018). The association between alcohol consumption, lifetime alcohol use disorder, and psychiatric distress among male and female veterans. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(4), 591–600. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2018.79.591
Weiss, N. H., Forkus, S. R., Raudales, A. M., Schick, M. R., & Contractor, A. A. (2020). Alcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among US military veterans. Addictive Behaviors, 105, 106322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106322
Xu, K., Montalvo‐Ortiz, J. L., Zhang, X., Southwick, S. M., Krystal, J. H., Pietrzak, R. H., & Gelernter, J. (2019). Epigenome-wide DNA methylation association analysis identified novel loci in peripheral cells for alcohol consumption among European American male veterans. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(10), 2111–2121. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14168
Young, C. M., Pedersen, E. R., Pearson, A. D., & Neighbors, C. (2018). Drinking to cope moderates the efficacy of changing veteran drinking norms as a strategy for reducing drinking and alcohol-related problems among U.S. veterans. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(2), 213–223. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000347
Cannabis & Marijuana
Adkisson, K., Cunningham, K. C., Dedert, E. A., Dennis, M. F., Calhoun, P. S., Elbogen, E. B., … Kimbrel, N. A. (2018). Cannabis use disorder and post-deployment suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. Archives of Suicide Research, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1488638
Browne, K. C., Dolan, M., Simpson, T. L., Fortney, J. C., & Lehavot, K. (2018). Regular past year cannabis use in women veterans and associations with sexual trauma. Addictive Behaviors, 84, 144–150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.04.007
Davis, A. K., Lin, L. A., Ilgen, M. A., & Bohnert, K. M. (2018). Recent cannabis use among veterans in the United States: Results from a national sample. Addictive Behaviors, 76, 223–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.010
Ecker, A. H., Lang, B., Hogan, J., Cucciare, M. A., & Lindsay, J. (2020). Cannabis use disorder among veterans: Comorbidity and mental health treatment utilization. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 109, 46–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.11.003
Gunn, R., Jackson, K., Borsari, B., & Metrik, J. (2019). A longitudinal examination of daily patterns of cannabis and alcohol co-use among medicinal and recreational veteran cannabis users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205, 107661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107661
Gunn, R. L., Stevens, A. K., Micalizzi, L., Jackson, K. M., Borsari, B., & Metrik, J. (2020). Longitudinal associations between negative urgency, symptoms of depression, cannabis and alcohol use in veterans. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 28(4), 426–437. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000357
Kansagara, D., Morasco, B. J., Iacocca, M. O., Bair, M. J., Hooker, E. R., & Becker, W. C. (2020). Clinician knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding cannabis: Results from a National Veterans Health Administration survey. Pain Medicine, 21(11), 3180–3186. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz322
Krediet, E., Janssen, D. G., Heerdink, E. R., Egberts, T. C., & Vermetten, E. (2020). Experiences with medical cannabis in the treatment of veterans with PTSD: Results from a focus group discussion. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 36, 244–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.04.009
Loflin, M., Babson, K., Browne, K., & Bonn-Miller, M. (2018). Assessment of the validity of the CUDIT-R in a subpopulation of cannabis users. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 44(1), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2017.1376677
MacKillop, J., & Busse, J. W. (2018). Prioritizing research on cannabis use among Canadian veterans. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh.4.2.002
Metrik, J., Bassett, S. S., Aston, E. R., Jackson, K. M., & Borsari, B. (2018). Medicinal versus recreational cannabis use among returning veterans. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 4(1), 6–20. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000133
Metrik, J., Gunn, R. L., Jackson, K. M., Sokolovsky, A. W., & Borsari, B. (2018). Daily patterns of marijuana and alcohol co‐use among individuals with alcohol and cannabis use disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 42(6), 1096–1104. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13639
Metrik, J., Stevens, A. K., Gunn, R. L., Borsari, B., & Jackson, K. M. (2020). Cannabis use and posttraumatic stress disorder: Prospective evidence from a longitudinal study of veterans. Psychological Medicine, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329172000197X
Sher, L., Bierer, L. M., Flory, J., Hill, M. N., Makotkine, I., & Yehuda, R. (2020). Endogenous cannabinoid levels and suicidality in combat veterans. Psychiatry Research, 287, 112495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112495
Stevens, A. K., Gunn, R. L., Jackson, K. M., Borsari, B., & Metrik, J. (2020). Examining motivational pathways from adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms to cannabis use: Results from a prospective study of veterans. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000682
Teeters, J. B., Woodward, M. J., Meshesha, L. Z., & Tripp, J. C. (2020). Cannabis use in civilian college students and college student service members/veterans: The moderating effect of anxiety. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 46(6), 777–783. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1753758
E-cigarettes
Fahey, M. C., Krukowski, R. A., Talcott, G. W., & Little, M. A. (2020). JUUL targets military personnel and veterans. Tobacco Control, 29(e), e163–e164. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055377
Guerrero-Cignarella, A., Diaz, L. V. L., Balestrini, K., Holt, G., Mirsaeidi, M., Calderon-Candelario, R., … Campos, M. A. (2018). Differences in vaping topography in relation to adherence to exclusive electronic cigarette use in veterans. PLOS ONE, 13(4), e0195896. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195896
Valentine, G. W., Hefner, K., Jatlow, P. I., Rosenheck, R. A., Gueorguieva, R., & Sofuoglu, M. (2018). Impact of e-cigarettes on smoking and related outcomes in veteran smokers with psychiatric comorbidity. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 14(1), 2–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2017.1384877
Wang, J., Rogers, E., Fu, S., Gravely, A., Noorbaloochi, S., & Sherman, S. (2019). Characterizing e-cigarette use in veteran smokers with mental health conditions. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 14(4), 239–244. https://doi.org/10.1017/jsc.2019.16
Opioids
Anderson-Carpenter, K. D., Rutledge, J. D., & Mitchell, K. (2020). Prescription opioid misuse among heterosexual versus lesbian, gay, and bisexual military veterans: Evidence from the 2015-2017 National Survey of Drug Use and Health. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 207, 107794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107794
Ashrafioun, L., Zerbo, K. R. A., Bishop, T. M., & Britton, P. C. (2020). Opioid use disorders, psychiatric comorbidities, and risk for suicide attempts among veterans seeking pain care. Psychological Medicine, 50(12), 2107–2112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719002307
Barnett, M. L., Zhao, X., Fine, M. J., Thorpe, C. T., Sileanu, F. E., Cashy, J. P., Mor, M. K., Radomski, T. R., Hausmann, L. R. M., Good, C. B., & Gellad, W. F. (2019). Emergency physician opioid prescribing and risk of long-term use in the Veterans Health Administration: An observational analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(8), 1522–1529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05023-5
Bertenthal, D., Yaffe, K., Barnes, D. E., Byers, A. L., Gibson, C. J., Seal, K. H., & group, the C. E. of N. C. study. (2018). Do postconcussive symptoms from traumatic brain injury in combat veterans predict risk for receiving opioid therapy for chronic pain? Brain Injury, 32(10), 1188–1196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1493535
Bounthavong, M., Devine, E. B., Christopher, M. L. D., Harvey, M. A., Veenstra, D. L., & Basu, A. (2019). Implementation evaluation of academic detailing on naloxone prescribing trends at the United States Veterans Health Administration. Health Services Research, 54(5), 1055–1064. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13194
Brown, T. J., Keshvani, N., Gupta, A., Yang, H., Agrawal, D., Le, T. C., Gerber, D. E., & Alvarez, C. A. (2020). Rates of appropriate laxative prophylaxis for opioid-induced constipation in veterans with lung cancer: A retrospective cohort study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28(11), 5315–5321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05364-6
Brunet, N., Moore, D. T., Wischik, D. L., Mattocks, K. M., & Rosen, M. I. (2020). Increasing Buprenorphine access for veterans with opioid use disorder in rural clinics using telemedicine. Substance Abuse, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2020.1728466
Carico, R., Zhao, X., Thorpe, C. T., Thorpe, J. M., Sileanu, F. E., Cashy, J. P., … Gellad, W. F. (2018). Receipt of overlapping opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions among veterans dually enrolled in Medicare Part D and the Department of Veterans Affairs: A cross-sectional study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 169(9), 593. https://doi.org/10.7326/M18-0852
Carlson, K. F., Gilbert, T. A., Morasco, B. J., Wright, D., Otterloo, J. V., Herrndorf, A., & Cook, L. J. (2018). Linkage of VA and state prescription drug monitoring program data to examine concurrent opioid and sedative-hypnotic prescriptions among veterans. Health Services Research, 53(S3), 5285–5308. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13025
Chen, K., Yaggi, H. K., Fiellin, D. A., DeRycke, E. C., Athar, W., Haskell, S., & Bastian, L. A. (2020). Associations between obstructive sleep apnea and prescribed opioids among veterans. PAIN, 161(9), 2035–2040. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001906
Chui, P. W., Bastian, L. A., DeRycke, E., Brandt, C. A., Becker, W. C., & Goulet, J. L. (2018). Dual use of Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare benefits on high-risk opioid prescriptions in veterans aged 65 years and older: Insights from the VA musculoskeletal disorders cohort. Health Services Research, 53(S3), 5402–5418. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13060
Dindo, L., Zimmerman, M. B., Hadlandsmyth, K., StMarie, B., Embree, J., Marchman, J., … Rakel, B. (2018). Acceptance and commitment therapy for prevention of chronic postsurgical pain and opioid use in at-risk veterans: A pilot randomized controlled study. The Journal of Pain, 19(10), 1211–1221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2018.04.016
FitzHenry, F., Eden, S. K., Denton, J., Cao, H., Cao, A., Reeves, R., Chen, G., Gobbel, G., Wells, N., & Matheny, M. E. (2020). Prevalence and risk factors for opioid-induced constipation in an older national veteran cohort. Pain Research and Management, 2020, e5165682. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5165682
Flanagan, J. C., Mitchell, J. M., Baker, N. L., Woolley, J., Wangelin, B., Back, S. E., McQuaid, J. R., Neylan, T. C., Wolfe, W. R., & Brady, K. T. (2020). Enhancing prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD among veterans with oxytocin: Design of a multisite randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 95, 106074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106074
Gellad, W. F., Thorpe, J. M., Zhao, X., Thorpe, C. T., Sileanu, F. E., Cashy, J. P., … Fine, M. J. (2018). Impact of dual use of Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare Part D drug benefits on potentially unsafe opioid use. American Journal of Public Health; Washington, 108(2), 248–255. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304174
Goldsmith, E. S., MacLehose, R. F., Jensen, A. C., Clothier, B., Noorbaloochi, S., Martinson, B. C., Donaldson, M. T., & Krebs, E. E. (2020). Complementary, integrative, and nondrug therapy use for pain among US military veterans on long-term opioids. Medical Care, 58, S116. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001333
Gordon, A. J., Drexler, K., Hawkins, E. J., Burden, J., Codell, N. K., Mhatre-Owens, A., Dungan, M. T., & Hagedorn, H. (2020). Stepped care for opioid use disorder train the trainer (SCOUTT) initiative: Expanding access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder within Veterans Health Administration facilities. Substance Abuse, 41(3), 275–282. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2020.1787299
Gressler, L. E., Martin, B. C., Hudson, T. J., & Painter, J. T. (2018). Relationship between concomitant benzodiazepine-opioid use and adverse outcomes among US veterans. PAIN, 159(3), 451. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001111
Hadlandsmyth, K., Mosher, H. J., Bayman, E. O., Wikle, J. G., & Lund, B. C. (2020). A typology of new long-term opioid prescribing in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(9), 2607–2613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05749-7
Hadlandsmyth, K., Mosher, H., Vander Weg, M. W., & Lund, B. C. (2018). Decline in prescription opioids attributable to decreases in long-term use: A retrospective study in the Veterans Health Administration 2010–2016. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(6), 818–824. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4283-8
Hadlandsmyth, K., Vander Weg, M. W., McCoy, K. D., Mosher, H. J., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. S., & Lund, B. C. (2018). Risk for prolonged opioid use following total knee arthroplasty in veterans. Journal of Arthroplasty, 33(1), 119–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2017.08.022
Hudson, T. J., Painter, J. T., Gressler, L. E., Lu, L., Williams, J. S., Booth, B. M., … Edlund, M. J. (2018). Factors associated with opioid initiation in OEF/OIF/OND veterans with traumatic brain injury. Pain Medicine, 19(4), 774–787. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnx208
Iheanacho, T., Payne, K., & Tsai, J. (2020). Mobile, community-based Buprenorphine treatment for veterans experiencing homelessness with opioid use disorder: A pilot, feasibility study. The American Journal on Addictions, 29(6), 485–491. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.13055
Iheanacho, T., Stefanovics, E., & Rosenheck, R. (2018). Opioid use disorder and homelessness in the Veterans Health Administration: The challenge of multimorbidity. Journal of Opioid Management, 14(3), 171–182. https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2018.0447
Jasuja, G. K., Ameli, O., Miller, D. R., Land, T., Bernson, D., Rose, A. J., … Smelson, D. A. (2018). Overdose risk for veterans receiving opioids from multiple sources. The American Journal of Managed Care, 24(11), 536–540.
Jones, J., Tierney, M., Jacobs, G., Chien, S.-Y., & Mallisham, S. (2020). Empowering psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners to expand treatment opportunities for veterans with opioid use disorder. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 31(4), 261–268. https://doi.org/10.1097/JAN.0000000000000366
Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Kemp-Casey, A., Kassie, G. M., Pratt, N. L., & Roughead, E. E. (2020). Use of analgesics following rescheduling of codeine in Australia: An interrupted time series analysis in the veteran population. International Journal of Drug Policy, 81, 102767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102767
Karamchandani, K., Pyati, S., Bryan, W., Pepin, M., Lehman, E. B., Krishnamoorthy, V., & Raghunathan, K. (2019). New persistent opioid use after postoperative intensive care in US veterans. JAMA Surgery, 154(8), 778–780. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0899
Karamchandani, K., Raghunathan, K., Krishnamoorthy, V., Bartz, R., & Pyati, S. (2019). New persistent opioid use after thoracic surgery within the veteran affairs system. Critical Care Medicine, 47(1), 149. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000551090.18500.87
Kelley, M. L., Bravo, A. J., Votaw, V. R., Stein, E., Redman, J. C., & Witkiewitz, K. (2019). Opioid and sedative misuse among veterans wounded in combat. Addictive Behaviors, 92, 168–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.007
Kennison, J. L., Carr-Lopez, S., Le, T., & McKelvey, J. (2018). Role of the clinical pharmacy technician in a Veterans Affairs pain management clinic. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 75(2), 13–14. https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp170401
Koenders, S. L. (2019). Veteran experiences of living with chronic pain in the context of VA care and an opioid “epidemic” [Master’s thesis, Boston University].
Krebs, E. E., Clothier, B., Nugent, S., Jensen, A. C., Martinson, B. C., Goldsmith, E. S., Donaldson, M. T., Frank, J. W., Rutks, I., & Noorbaloochi, S. (2020). The evaluating prescription opioid changes in veterans (EPOCH) study: Design, survey response, and baseline characteristics. Plos One, 15(4), e0230751. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230751
Lin, L. (Allison), Peltzman, T., McCarthy, J. F., Oliva, E. M., Trafton, J. A., & Bohnert, A. S. B. (2019). Changing trends in opioid overdose deaths and prescription opioid receipt among veterans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 57(1), 106–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.01.016
Lisi, A. J., Corcoran, K. L., DeRycke, E. C., Bastian, L. A., Becker, W. C., Edmond, S. N., … Brandt, C. A. (2018). Opioid use among veterans of recent wars receiving Veterans Affairs chiropractic care. Pain Medicine, 19(suppl_1), S54–S60. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny114
Lund, B. C., Ohl, M. E., Hadlandsmyth, K., & Mosher, H. J. (2019). Regional and rural–urban variation in opioid prescribing in the Veterans Health Administration. Military Medicine, 184(11–12), 894–900. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz104
Manhapra, A., Stefanovics, E., & Rosenheck, R. (2020). Initiating opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration: Who gets what? Substance Abuse, 41(1), 110–120. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2019.1640831
Mastarone, G. L., Wyse, J. J., Wilbur, E. R., Morasco, B. J., Saha, S., & Carlson, K. F. (2020). Barriers to utilization of prescription drug monitoring programs among prescribing physicians and advanced practice registered nurses at Veterans Health Administration facilities in Oregon. Pain Medicine, 21(4), 695–703. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz289
Meshberg-Cohen, S., Black, A. C., DeViva, J. C., Petrakis, I. L., & Rosen, M. I. (2019). Trauma treatment for veterans in buprenorphine maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 89, 29–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.010
Midboe, A. M., Byrne, T., Smelson, D., Jasuja, G., McInnes, K., & Troszak, L. K. (2019). The opioid epidemic in veterans who were homeless or unstably housed. Health Affairs, 38(8), 1289–1297. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00281
Minegishi, T., & Frakt, A. (2018). Reducing long-term opioid use in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(6), 781–782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4352-7
Moyo, P., Zhao, X., Thorpe, C. T., Thorpe, J. M., Sileanu, F. E., Cashy, J. P., Hale, J. A., Mor, M. K., Radomski, T. R., Donohue, J. M., Hausmann, L. R. M., Hanlon, J. T., Good, C. B., Fine, M. J., & Gellad, W. F. (2019). Dual receipt of prescription opioids from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare Part D and prescription opioid overdose death among veterans: A nested case–control study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 170(7), 433. https://doi.org/10.7326/M18-2574
Moyo, P., Zhao, X., Thorpe, C. T., Thorpe, J. M., Sileanu, F. E., Cashy, J. P., Hale, J. A., Mor, M. K., Radomski, T. R., Donohue, J. M., Hausmann, L. R. M., Hanlon, J. T., Good, C. B., Fine, M. J., & Gellad, W. F. (2019). Patterns of opioid prescriptions received prior to unintentional prescription opioid overdose death among veterans. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 15(8), 1007–1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.10.023
Mudumbai, S. C., Chung, P., Nguyen, N., Harris, B., Clark, J. D., Wagner, T. H., Giori, N. J., Stafford, R. S., & Mariano, E. R. (2020). Perioperative opioid prescribing patterns and readmissions after total knee arthroplasty in a national cohort of Veterans Health Administration patients. Pain Medicine, 21(3), 595–603. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz154
Mudumbai, S. C., Lewis, E. T., Oliva, E. M., Chung, P. D., Harris, B., Trafton, J., Mariano, E. R., Wagner, T., Clark, J. D., & Stafford, R. S. (2019). Overdose risk associated with opioid use upon hospital discharge in Veterans Health Administration surgical patients. Pain Medicine, 20(5), 1020–1031. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny150
Pommerening, M. J., Landau, A., Hrebinko, K., Luketich, J. D., & Dhupar, R. (2020). An analysis of analgesia and opioid prescribing for veterans after thoracic surgery. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 11348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68303-9
Priest, K. C., Lovejoy, T. I., Englander, H., Shull, S., & McCarty, D. (2020). Opioid agonist therapy during hospitalization within the Veterans Health Administration: A pragmatic retrospective cohort analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(8), 2365–2374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05815-0
Radomski, T. R., Bixler, F. R., Zickmund, S. L., Roman, K. M., Thorpe, C. T., Hale, J. A., … Gellad, W. F. (2018). Physicians’ perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program use within the department of Veterans Affairs: A multi-state qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(8), 1253–1259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4374-1
Raines, A. M., Allan, N. P., McGrew, S. J., Gooch, C. V., Wyatt, M., Laurel Franklin, C., & Schmidt, N. B. (2020). A computerized anxiety sensitivity intervention for opioid use disorders: A pilot investigation among veterans. Addictive Behaviors, 104, 106285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106285
Rentsch, C. T., Edelman, E. J., Justice, A. C., Marshall, B. D. L., Xu, K., Smith, A. H., Crystal, S., Gaither, J. R., Gordon, A. J., Smith, R. V., Kember, R. L., Polimanti, R., Gelernter, J., Fiellin, D. A., Tate, J. P., Kranzler, H. R., Becker, W. C., & for the VACS Project Team. (2019). Patterns and correlates of prescription opioid receipt among US veterans: A national, 18-year observational cohort study. AIDS and Behavior, 23(12), 3340–3349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02608-3
Rhee, T. G., & Rosenheck, R. A. (2019). Comparison of opioid use disorder among male veterans and non-veterans: Disorder rates, socio-demographics, co-morbidities, and quality of life. The American Journal on Addictions, 28(2), 92–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12861
Riblet, N. B., Gottlieb, D. J., Shiner, B., Cornelius, S. L., & Watts, B. V. (2020). Associations between medication assisted therapy services delivery and mortality in a national cohort of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and opioid use disorder. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 16(2), 228–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2019.1701218
Rogal, S. S., Beste, L. A., Youk, A., Fine, M. J., Ketterer, B., Zhang, H., Leipertz, S., Chartier, M., Good, C. B., Kraemer, K. L., Chinman, M., Morgan, T., & Gellad, W. F. (2019). Characteristics of opioid prescriptions to veterans with cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 17(6), 1165-1174.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.021
Rogal, S. S., Chinman, M., Gellad, W. F., Mor, M. K., Zhang, H., McCarthy, S. A., Mauro, G. T., Hale, J. A., Lewis, E. T., Oliva, E. M., Trafton, J. A., Yakovchenko, V., Gordon, A. J., & Hausmann, L. R. M. (2020). Tracking implementation strategies in the randomized rollout of a Veterans Affairs national opioid risk management initiative. Implementation Science, 15(1), 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01005-y
Seal, K. H., Bertenthal, D., Barnes, D. E., Byers, A. L., Gibson, C. J., Rife, T. L., & Yaffe, K. (2018). Traumatic brain injury and receipt of prescription opioid therapy for chronic pain in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: Do clinical practice guidelines matter? The Journal of Pain, 19(8), 931–941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2018.03.005
Siglin, J., Sorkin, J. D., & Namiranian, K. (2020). Incidence of postoperative opioid overdose and new diagnosis of opioid use disorder among US veterans. The American Journal on Addictions, 29(4), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.13022
Tam, C. C., Zeng, C., & Li, X. (2020). Prescription opioid misuse and its correlates among veterans and military in the United States: A systematic literature review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 216, 108311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108311
Timko, C., Nash, A., Owens, M. D., Taylor, E., & Finlay, A. K. (2020). Systematic review of criminal and legal involvement after substance use and mental health treatment among veterans: Building toward needed research. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 14, 1178221819901281. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221819901281
Valenstein-Mah, H., Hagedorn, H., Kay, C. L., Christopher, M. L., & Gordon, A. J. (2018). Underutilization of the current clinical capacity to provide buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorders within the Veterans Health Administration. Substance Abuse, 39(3), 286–288. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2018.1509251
Womack, J. A., Murphy, T. E., Bathulapalli, H., Smith, A., Bates, J., Jarad, S., Redeker, N. S., Luther, S. L., Gill, T. M., Brandt, C. A., & Justice, A. C. (2020). Serious falls in middle-aged veterans: Development and validation of a predictive risk model. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(12), 2847–2854. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16773
Tobacco
Albright, D. L., Holmes, L., Lawson, M., McDaniel, J., Laha-Walsh, K., & McIntosh, S. (2020). Veteran-nonveteran differences in alcohol and drug misuse by tobacco use status in Alabama SBIRT. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 20(1), 46–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2020.1705109
Baldassarri, S. R., Kachadourian, L. K., Esterlis, I., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2020). Nicotine dependence in US military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Addiction Research & Theory, 28(2), 160–164. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1613523
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