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“Due to His Abnormal Mental State” : Exploring Accounts of Suicide among First World War Veterans Treated at the Ontario Military Hospital at Cobourg, 1919-1946

Relying on records of veterans' hospital admissions, and service and pension files of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, this paper explores authoritative accounts of First World War veterans' mortality attributed to suicide and accidental causes among veterans treated as mental cases…
Date of Publication: September 2018
Country of Publication: Canada
Countries of Subject Matter: Canada
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How can we get Iraq- and Afghanistan-deployed US Veterans to participate in health-related research? Findings from a national focus group study

Authors: Gala True, Ashmore, E, T, Wellens., N, Smith
Research participant recruitment is often fraught with obstacles. Poor response rates can reduce statistical power, threaten both internal and external validity, and increase study costs and duration. Military personnel are socialized to a specific set of laws, norms, traditions, and…
Date of Publication: September 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Using art therapy to overcome avoidance in veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder

Authors: Janice Lobban, Dominic Murphy
Avoidance can be a significant barrier to engaging in trauma-focused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as being a mechanism that creates restrictions that can seriously impact functioning and wellbeing. Following an outpatient study with veterans that indicated…
Date of Publication: September 2018
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Dad ‘never said much’ but… Young Men and Great War Veterans in Day-to-Day-Life in Interwar Britain

Authors: J, Morley
This article explores whether, how, and what young men in interwar Britain heard about the Great War from its veterans. Oral histories are used to enable the first detailed examination of the hitherto largely unexplored topic of the intergenerational transmission…
Date of Publication: September 2018
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Symbols of service : Oral histories of veterans tattoos as outreach

Authors: J, Pionke, N, Osborne
Outreach to special populations can be a sensitive endeavor, especially when the population, such as veterans, has a unique life experience in comparison to the general population. The use of oral histories for engagement and outreach can be a useful…
Date of Publication: September 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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War veterans as transnational actors : politics, alliances and networks in the interwar period

Authors: Alcade, A
Historians have often considered the international veterans’ organizations which came into being after World War I as proof of the pacifist, internationalist orientation of the majority of the Great War ex-combatants. However, veterans active in these organizations were often inspired…
Date of Publication: August 2018
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Academic Detailing with Provider Audit and Feedback Improve Prescribing Quality for Older Veterans

Authors: Mirk, A., Perkins, M, McGwin, G, Kemp, L, Echt, K, Vandenberg, A
Suboptimal prescribing persists as a driver of poor quality care of older veterans and is associated with risk of hospitalization and emergency department visits. We adapted a successful medication management model, Integrated Management and Polypharmacy Review of Vulnerable Elders (IMPROVE),…
Date of Publication: August 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Persistent social networks : Civil war veterans who fought together co-locate in later life

Authors: Costa, D, Kahn, M., Roudiez, C, Wilson, S.
We demonstrate the long reach of early social ties in the location decision of individuals and in their older age mortality risk using data on Union Army veterans of the US Civil War (1861-5). We estimate discrete choice migration models…
Date of Publication: August 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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