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Mannes, Z. L., Wall, M. M., Alschuler, D. M., Malte, C. A., Olfson, M., Livne, O., Fink, D. S., Keyhani, S., Keyes, K. M., Martins, S. S., Cerdá, M., Sacco, D. L., Gutkind, S., Maynard, C. C., Sherman, S., Saxon, A. J., & Hasin, D. S. (2025). Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients. JAMA Health Forum, 6(6), e251369. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1369
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Pravosud, V., Lum, E., Vali, M., Cohen, B. E., Hoggatt, K. J., Byers, A. L., Austin, P. C., Walter, L. C., Hasin, D., Zaman, T., & Keyhani, S. (2025). Cannabis Use Among Older Adults. JAMA Network Open, 8(5), e2510173. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.10173
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Stellman, S. D., Pless Kaiser, A., Smith, B. N., Spiro, A., & Stellman, J. M. (2025). Persistence and Patterns of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Medical, and Social Dysfunction in Male Military Veterans 50 Years After Deployment to Vietnam. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 67(5), 306–312. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003321
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Streed, C. G., Duncan, M. S., Heier, K. R., Workman, T. E., Beach, L. B., Caceres, B. A., O’Leary, J. R., Skanderson, M., & Goulet, J. L. (2024). Prevalent Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Veterans by Sexual Orientation. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(22). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.036898
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Xu, Y., Derington, C. G., Addo, D. K., He, T., Jacobs, J. A., Mohanty, A. F., An, J., Cushman, W. C., Ho, P. M., Bellows, B. K., Cohen, J. B., & Bress, A. P. (2024). Trends in Initial Antihypertensive Medication Prescribing Among >2.8 Million Veterans Newly Diagnosed With Hypertension, 2000 to 2019. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(20). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.036557
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Verma, A., Huffman, J. E., Rodriguez, A., Conery, M., Liu, M., Ho, Y.-L., Kim, Y., Heise, D. A., Guare, L., Panickan, V. A., Garcon, H., Linares, F., Costa, L., Goethert, I., Tipton, R., Honerlaw, J., Davies, L., Whitbourne, S., Cohen, J., … Liao, K. P. (2024). Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program. Science, 385(6706). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj1182
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Shah, A. J., Vaccarino, V., Goldberg, J., Huang, M., Ko, Y.-A., Ma, X., Levantsevych, O. M., Smith, N. L., Alagar, N., Mousselli, I., Johnson, D. A., Clifford, G. D., Bremner, J. D., & Bliwise, D. L. (2024). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Twins. JAMA Network Open, 7(6), e2416352. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.16352
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Huang, M., Shah, A. J., Lampert, R., Bliwise, D. L., Johnson, D. A., Clifford, G. D., Sloan, R., Goldberg, J., Ko, Y., Da Poian, G., Perez‐Alday, E. A., Almuwaqqat, Z., Shah, A., Garcia, M., Young, A., Moazzami, K., Bremner, J. D., & Vaccarino, V. (2024). Heart Rate Variability, Deceleration Capacity of Heart Rate, and Death: A Veteran Twins Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.123.032740
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Sher, L. (2023). The uncounted casualties of war: suicide in combat veterans. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcad240
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Blalock, Z. N., Wu, G. W. Y., Lindqvist, D., Trumpff, C., Flory, J. D., Lin, J., Reus, V. I., Rampersaud, R., Hammamieh, R., Gautam, A., Ressler, K. J., Yang, R., Muhie, S., Daigle, B. J., Bierer, L. M., Hood, L., Wang, K., Lee, I., … Dean, K. R. (2024). Circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA levels and glucocorticoid sensitivity in a cohort of male veterans with and without combat-related PTSD. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02721-x
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Otufowora, A., Liu, Y., Okusanya, A., Ogidan, A., Okusanya, A., & Cottler, L. B. (2024). The Effect of Veteran Status and Chronic Pain on Past 30-Day Sedative Use Among Community-Dwelling Adult Males. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 37(1), 118–128. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230226r2
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Bond, G. R., Al-Abdulmunem, M., Ressler, D. R., & Drake, R. E. (2023). Mental Health Impact of COVID Pandemic on Veterans Transitioning from Military. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 51(2), 275–288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-023-09869-w
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Livne, O., Malte, C. A., Olfson, M., Wall, M. M., Keyes, K. M., Maynard, C., Gradus, J. L., Saxon, A. J., Martins, S. S., Keyhani, S., McDowell, Y., Fink, D. S., Mannes, Z. L., Gutkind, S., & Hasin, D. S. (2024). Trends in Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans With and Without Psychiatric Disorders Between 2005 and 2019. American Journal of Psychiatry, 181(2), 144–152. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20230168
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Mannes, Z. L., Malte, C. A., Olfson, M., Wall, M. M., Keyes, K. M., Martins, S. S., Cerdá, M., Gradus, J. L., Saxon, A. J., Keyhani, S., Maynard, C., Livne, O., Fink, D. S., Gutkind, S., & Hasin, D. S. (2023). Increasing risk of cannabis use disorder among U.S. veterans with chronic pain: 2005-2019. Pain, 164(9), 2093–2103. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002920
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Crowe, B. R., Krigel, A., Li, T., Haile, R., Al-Ani, F., Lebwohl, B., Abrams, J. A., & Araujo, J. L. (2023). Veterans with multiple risk factors for Barrett’s esophagus are infrequently evaluated with upper endoscopy. Diseases of the Esophagus, 36(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/doad007
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Womack, J. A., Murphy, T. E., Leo-Summers, L., Kidwai-Khan, F., Skanderson, M., Gill, T. M., Gulanski, B., Rodriguez-Barradas, M. C., Tien, P. C., Yin, M. T., & Hsieh, E. (2023). Performance of a modified fracture risk assessment tool for fragility fracture prediction among older veterans living with HIV. AIDS, 37(9), 1399–1407. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000003566
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Filipkowski, A. M., Kundu, S., Eden, S. K., Alcorn, C. W., Justice, A. C., So-Armah, K. A., Tindle, H. A., Wells, Q. S., Beckman, J. A., Freiberg, M. S., & Aday, A. W. (2023). Association of HIV Infection and Incident Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Among 143 001 Veterans. Circulation, 148(2), 135–143. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.122.063040
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Kumar, S. R., Augustine, M. R., Sherman, R. L., Thysen, J. A., Zaidi, M., Gorman, D. T., & Geraci, J. C. (2023). Facilitating Veterans Health Administration Primary Care for Transitioning Servicemembers: a Novel Virtual Care Clinic. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38(S3), 913–915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08192-6
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Fivecoat, H. C., Lookatch, S. J., Mavandadi, S., McKay, J. R., & Sayers, S. L. (2022). Social Factors Predict Treatment Engagement in Veterans with PTSD or SUD. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 50(3), 286–300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-022-09823-2
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Myers, C. E., Dave, C. V., Callahan, M., Chesin, M. S., Keilp, J. G., Beck, K. D., Brenner, L. A., Goodman, M. S., Hazlett, E. A., Niculescu, A. B., St. Hill, L., Kline, A., Stanley, B. H., & Interian, A. (2022). Improving the prospective prediction of a near-term suicide attempt in veterans at risk for suicide, using a go/no-go task. Psychological Medicine, 53(9), 4245–4254. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291722001003
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Cahill, J. M., Kinghorn, W., & Dugdale, L. (2022). Repairing moral injury takes a team: what clinicians can learn from combat veterans. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(5), 361–366. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2022-108163
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Ganesh, N., Sun, S., Feder, A., Galfalvy, H., Yehuda, R., Byma, L., & Haghighi, F. (2023). Delivery of Telehealth Complementary and Integrated Health Interventions Improves Mental Health and Overall Wellness to Broaden Veterans’ Access to Care. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 29(2), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.1089/jicm.2022.0614
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Jani, N., Christie, I. C., Wu, T. D., Guzman, D. E., Han, J., Broderick, B., Falvo, M. J., Sotolongo, A., Osinubi, O. Y., & Helmer, D. A. (2022). Factors associated with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis among US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24853-8
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Fink, D. S., Stohl, M., Mannes, Z. L., Shmulewitz, D., Wall, M., Gutkind, S., Olfson, M., Gradus, J., Keyhani, S., Maynard, C., Keyes, K. M., Sherman, S., Martins, S., Saxon, A. J., & Hasin, D. S. (2022). Comparing mental and physical health of U.S. veterans by VA healthcare use: implications for generalizability of research in the VA electronic health records. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08899-y
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Petrakis, I., Springer, S. A., Davis, C., Ralevski, E., Gu, L., Lew, R., Hermos, J., Nuite, M., Gordon, A. J., Kosten, T. R., Nunes, E. V., Rosenheck, R., Saxon, A. J., Swift, R., Goldberg, A., Ringer, R., & Ferguson, R. (2022). Rationale, design and methods of VA-BRAVE: a randomized comparative effectiveness trial of two formulations of buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder in veterans. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00286-6
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Sperber, N. R., Miech, E. J., Clary, A. S., Perry, K., Edwards-Orr, M., Rudolph, J. L., Van Houtven, C. H., & Thomas, K. S. (2022). Determinants of inter-organizational implementation success: A mixed-methods evaluation of Veteran Directed Care. Healthcare, 10(4), 100653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2022.100653
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Nichter, B., Na, P. J., Stanley, I. H., Marx, B. P., Herzog, S., Moynahan, V., Hill, M. L., Norman, S. B., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2022). Identifying factors associated with elevated suicidal intent among U.S. military veterans. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 155, 68–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.08.001
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Mannes, Z. L., Stohl, M., Fink, D. S., Olfson, M., Keyes, K. M., Martins, S. S., Gradus, J. L., Saxon, A. J., Maynard, C., Livne, O., Gutkind, S., & Hasin, D. S. (2022). Non-pharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain in US Veterans Treated Within the Veterans Health Administration: Implications for Expansion in US Healthcare Systems. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(15), 3937–3946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07370-8
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Hasin, D. S., Saxon, A. J., Malte, C., Olfson, M., Keyes, K. M., Gradus, J. L., Cerdá, M., Maynard, C. C., Keyhani, S., Martins, S. S., Fink, D. S., Livne, O., Mannes, Z., & Wall, M. M. (2022). Trends in Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnoses in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration, 2005–2019. American Journal of Psychiatry, 179(10), 748–757. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.22010034
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Leung, L. B., Ziobrowski, H. N., Puac-Polanco, V., Bossarte, R. M., Bryant, C., Keusch, J., Liu, H., Pigeon, W. R., Oslin, D. W., Post, E. P., Zaslavsky, A. M., Zubizarreta, J. R., & Kessler, R. C. (2021). Are Veterans Getting Their Preferred Depression Treatment? A National Observational Study in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(13), 3235–3241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07136-2
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Park, J., Venkatesulu, B. P., Kujundzic, K., Katsoulakis, E., Solanki, A. A., Puckett, L. L., Kapoor, R., Chapman, C. H., Hagan, M., Kelly, M. D., Palta, J., Ashman, J. B., Jacqmin, D., Kachnic, L. A., Minsky, B. D., Olsen, J., Raldow, A. C., Wo, J. Y., Dawes, S., … Das, P. (2022). Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Rectal Cancer From the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Expert Panel. Practical Radiation Oncology, 12(5), 424–436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2022.05.005
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Comfort, N., Wu, H., De Hoff, P., Vuppala, A., Vokonas, P. S., Spiro, A., Weisskopf, M., Coull, B. A., Laurent, L. C., Baccarelli, A. A., & Schwartz, J. (2022). Extracellular microRNA and cognitive function in a prospective cohort of older men: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Aging, 14(17), 6859–6886. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204268
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Leuva, H., Zhou, M., Brau, N., Brown, S. T., Mundi, P., Rosenberg, T.-C. M., Luhrs, C., Bates, S. E., Park, Y.-H. A., & Fojo, T. (2022). Influence of Cancer on COVID-19 Incidence, Outcomes, and Vaccine Effectiveness: A Prospective Cohort Study of U.S. Veterans. Seminars in Oncology, 49(5), 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminoncol.2022.07.005
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Klink, K. A., Albanese, A. P., Bope, E. T., & Sanders, K. M. (2022). Veterans Affairs Graduate Medical Education Expansion Addresses U.S. Physician Workforce Needs. Academic Medicine, 97(8), 1144–1150. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000004545
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Hill, M. L., Loflin, M., Nichter, B., Na, P. J., Herzog, S., Norman, S. B., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2022). Cannabis use among U.S. military veterans with subthreshold or threshold posttraumatic stress disorder: Psychiatric comorbidities, functioning, and strategies for coping with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(4), 1154–1166. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22823
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Herzog, S., Nichter, B., Hill, M. L., Na, P. J., Norman, S. B., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2022). Factors Associated With Remission of Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 83(4). https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.21br14341
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Herzog, S., Nichter, B., Hill, M. L., Norman, S. B., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2022). Factors associated with remission of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in U.S. military veterans with a history of suicide attempt. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 149, 62–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.02.021
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Kachadourian, L. K., Nichter, B., Herzog, S., Norman, S. B., Sullivan, T., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2021). Non‐suicidal self‐injury in US military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(3), 941–949. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2673
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Nichter, B., Stein, M. B., Monteith, L. L., Herzog, S., Holliday, R., Hill, M. L., Norman, S. B., Krystal, J. H., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2021). Risk factors for suicide attempts among U.S. military veterans: A 7‐year population‐based, longitudinal cohort study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52(2), 303–316. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12822
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Aggarwal N. K. (2022). Psychiatric Disorders, Military Misconduct, and Discharge Status for U.S. Veterans. The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 50(1), 117–123. https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210048-21
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Stellman, J. M., Stellman, S. D., Spiro, A., Pless Kaiser, A., & Smith, B. N. (2022). Impact of Military Service in Vietnam on Coping and Health Behaviors of Aging Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.809357
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Browne, K. C., Stohl, M., Bohnert, K. M., Saxon, A. J., Fink, D. S., Olfson, M., Cerda, M., Sherman, S., Gradus, J. L., Martins, S. S., & Hasin, D. S. (2022). Prevalence and Correlates of Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III). American Journal of Psychiatry, 179(1), 26–35. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20081202
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Chesin, M. S., Keilp, J. G., Kline, A., Stanley, B., Myers, C., Latorre, M., St. Hill, L. M., Miller, R. B., King, A. R., Boschulte, D. R., Rodriguez, K. M., Callahan, M., Sedita, M., & Interian, A. (2021). Attentional control may be modifiable with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 147, 103988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103988
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Ayvazian, J., Muirhead, L., Belizaire, S., King, S. S., Campbell, J., & Klink, K. (2021). Establishing competency-based measures for Department of Veterans Affairs post-graduate nurse practitioner residencies. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(5), 962–970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.08.001
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Womack, J. A., Murphy, T. E., Ramsey, C., Bathulapalli, H., Leo-Summers, L., Smith, A. C., Bates, J., Jarad, S., Gill, T. M., Hsieh, E., Rodriguez-Barradas, M. C., Tien, P. C., Yin, M. T., Brandt, C., & Justice, A. C. (2021). Brief Report: Are Serious Falls Associated With Subsequent Fragility Fractures Among Veterans Living With HIV? JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 88(2), 192–196. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002752
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Amsalem, D., Lopez-Yianilos, A., Lowell, A., Pickover, A. M., Arnon, S., Zhu, X., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Ryba, M., Bergman, M., Such, S., Zalman, H., Sanchez-Lacay, A., Lazarov, A., Markowitz, J. C., & Neria, Y. (2022). Treatment dropout among veterans and their families: Quantitative and qualitative findings. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(4), 578–586. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001109
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Interian, A., Chesin, M. S., Stanley, B., Latorre, M., Hill, L. M. St., Miller, R. B., King, A. R., Boschulte, D. R., Rodriguez, K. M., & Kline, A. (2021). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Preventing Suicide in Military Veterans. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 82(5). https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.20m13791
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Nichter, B., Monteith, L. L., Norman, S. B., Maguen, S., Hill, M. L., Herzog, S., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2021). Differentiating U.S. military veterans who think about suicide from those who attempt suicide: A population-based study. General Hospital Psychiatry, 72, 117–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.08.007
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Fisher, P. W., Lazarov, A., Lowell, A., Arnon, S., Turner, J. B., Bergman, M., Ryba, M., Such, S., Marohasy, C., Zhu, X., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Markowitz, J. C., & Neria, Y. (2021). Equine-Assisted Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Military Veterans. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 82(5). https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.21m14005
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