Research Topics
Mental Health
Mental health is a broad term used to describe a variety of mental, emotional, or behavioral conditions. Mental health conditions can include anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, personality disorders, and the more serious psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The impact of mental health conditions is significant—according to the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health, nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (51.5 million in 2019).
VA health systems researchers conduct a wide variety of investigations into mental health conditions, including access to mental and behavioral health services, post-deployment well-being, specific treatment efficacy, and more.
Each section below is populated by a search of the HSR website. Search results are generated based on the search term "Mental Health". Results are updated as new data are available.
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Citations
(5 of more than 1687 MENTAL HEALTH focused publications)
- Presseau C, Carney JR, Kline NK, Grimshaw AA, DeMoss L, Gunderson C, Portnoy GA. Child Maltreatment, Adult Trauma, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Women Veterans: A Scoping Review of Published Quantitative Research. Trauma, violence & abuse. 2024 Mar 11; DOI: 10.1177/15248380241234345.
- Novacek DM, Wynn JK, McCleery A, Reavis EA, Senturk D, Sugar CA, Tsai J, Green MF. Sustained mental health and functional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Black and White Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. Journal of psychiatric research. 2024 Feb 15; 172:102-107.
- Bromley E, Rahmanian Koushkaki S, Davis LG, Moon S, Resnick J, McCoy M, Bennett K, Rab S, Draxler CD, Jackson T, Lovelace A, Sherin J. Addressing Mental Health Disability in Unsheltered Homelessness: Outpatient Conservatorship in Los Angeles. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2024 Jan 25; appips20230235.
- Brown-Johnson C, DeShields C, McCaa M, Connell N, Giannitrapani SN, Thanassi W, Yano EM, Singer SJ, Lorenz KA, Giannitrapani K. Qualitative interview study of strategies to support healthcare personnel mental health through an occupational health lens. BMJ open. 2024 Jan 11; 14(1):e075920.
- Alfaro AJ, Wielgosz J, Kuhn E, Carlson C, Gould CE. Determinants and outcome correlates of engagement with a mobile mental health intervention for depression and anxiety in middle-aged and older adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2023 Dec 29.
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Publication Briefs
(5 of more than 316 MENTAL HEALTH focused publication briefs)
- Veterans with a Racial/Ethnic Minority Background, Rural Residence, or Mental Health Disability History Were Less Likely to Complete Preoperative Goals of Care Documentation
This study assessed factors – including race, ethnicity, rurality, history of mental health disability, and VA facility type – that are known or hypothesized to be linked with disparities in preoperative life-sustaining treatment (LST) documentation. The study also described the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on completion of preoperative LST. Findings showed that Veterans with a racial or ethnic mino...
Date: December 19, 2023
- Despite Equal Access and Use of VA Care, Black Veterans are More Likely to Experience Postpartum Rehospitalization and Low-Birthweight Infants
This study sought to determine whether Black/white racial disparities in access, use, and outcomes are present among pregnant and postpartum Veterans and their infants using VA maternity care. Findings showed no statistically significant racial disparities in access or use of care during the perinatal period; nevertheless, Black Veterans were more likely than white Veterans to experience postpartu...
Date: July 1, 2023
- Rural-Urban Telemedicine Disparity among Veterans Worsens Following Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic
This study examined changes over time in rural-urban differences in telemedicine use for primary care and mental health integration services among nearly 64 million primary care and 4 million mental health integration visits. Findings showed that the pandemic exacerbated the rural-urban telemedicine divide across VA, possibly because underlying causes of digital inequity were not addressed as init...
Date: March 7, 2023
- Male and Female Veterans Differ in Attitudes to Referral to VA Care after Calling the Veterans Crisis Line
This study described Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) referral outcomes for Veterans who contacted the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) with active thoughts of suicide during calendar years 2018–2019. Reasons given for declining SPC referral suggest that concerns about or discomfort with VA care were a key concern, particularly among women Veterans. Women had a higher rate of declining SPC referrals...
Date: January 1, 2023
- Mental Health Staffing Affects Probability of Suicide-Related Events among Veterans
This study sought to measure the effect of staffing on suicide-related events (SRE). Findings showed that mental health (MH) staffing had a large causal effect on the probability of a suicide-related event. From 2014 to 2018, the per-pay period probability of an SRE among this study cohort was 0.05%. A 1% increase in mental health staffing led to a 1.6 percentage point reduction in SREs. This effe...
Date: September 11, 2022
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Studies
( 5 of more than 171 MENTAL HEALTH focused projects
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Project No. |
Title |
PI |
Funding Start |
PPO 22-040
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Virtual Care Coordination in VA Primary Care-Mental Health Integration |
Haderlein, Taona |
2023-08-01 |
CDA 20-261
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Understanding Community-based Mental Healthcare for Rural Veterans with Military Sexual Trauma |
Boykin, Derrecka |
2022-04-01 |
CDA 20-104
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Improving Mental Health for Veterans with Dementia: Provider Training in Caregiver Engagement |
Wyman, Mary |
2021-07-01 |
IIR 20-146
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Improving Anxiety Treatment Engagement and Effectiveness in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration: Multi-site Hybrid I RCT of a Brief Veteran-Centered Anxiety Intervention |
Shepardson, Robyn |
2021-05-01 |
CDA 19-233
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Quality of Mental Health Services for Homeless Veterans in Primary Care Settings |
Jones, Audrey |
2021-04-01 |
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