The Iraq War began in March 2003; since then over 3 million American men and women have deployed in support of U.S. military operations. Early in my time at RAND, I was fortunate to be part of the study team that wrote Invisible Wounds of War, the first independent assessment of the the psychological and cognitive injuries experienced by the men and women who deployed in support of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I served as Associate Director of RAND’s Center for Military Health Policy Research from 2011 to 2012 and have continued to conduct research on PTSD prevalence and treatment among U.S. service members and veterans and suicide risk and prevention among these groups.
Monographs
Veterans and COVID-19: Projecting the Economic, Social, and Mental Health Needs of America’s Veterans (2020)
Comparing the Army’s Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches (2020)
2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS) (2018)
The deployment life study: Longitudinal analysis of military families across the deployment cycle (2016)
Can Access to Data Prevent Army Suicides?: Identifying Optimal Response Strategies for Army Leaders (2016)
Suicide postvention in the Department of Defense: Evidence, policies and procedures, and perspectives of loss survivors (2015)
Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense: Status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward (2014)
Hidden heroes: America's military caregivers (2014)
The war within: Preventing suicide in the US military (2011)
Journal Articles
Mental health service preferences and utilization among women veterans in crisis: perspectives of veterans crisis line responders (2019)
Suicide Risk among women veterans in distress: Perspectives of responders on the Veterans Crisis Line (2016)
The influence of training, reluctance, efficacy, and stigma on suicide intervention behavior among NCOs in the Army and marine corps (2016)
Factors that Influence Chaplains’ Suicide Intervention Behavior in the Army (2016)
Prevalence of, risk factors for, and consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems in military populations deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2015)
Army chaplains’ perceptions about identifying, intervening, and referring soldiers at risk of suicide (2015)
Noncommissioned officers’ perspectives on identifying, caring for, and referring soldiers and marines at risk of suicide (2015)
Disparate prevalence estimates of PTSD among service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan: possible explanations (2011)
Prevalence and correlates of drinking behaviors among previously deployed military and matched civilian populations (2011)
Book Chapters
Epidemiology of trauma events and mental health outcomes among service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2011)
Prevalence of PTSD, depression, and TBI among returning service members (2008)
