War

These Fact Sheets include information on the effects of war and discuss research findings from particular conflicts and on specific sub-populations of service members such as ethnic minorities.

Fact Sheets on the Effects of War:

• The Legacy of Psychological Trauma from the Vietnam War for American Indian Military Personnel
  Information for and about American Indians who served in the Vietnam War. Findings are based on the Matsunaga Project.
  
• The Legacy of Psychological Trauma of the Vietnam War for Native Hawaiian and American of Japanese Ancestry Military Personnel
  Information for and about Hawaiians and Japanese Americans who served in the Vietnam War. Findings are based on the Matsunaga Project.
  
• Effects of the Persian Gulf War on U.S. Veterans
  Summarizes the psychological and physical effects that Gulf War veterans experience and what is known about Gulf War illness.
  
• Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Study (NVVRS)
  Summarizes the findings from the NVVRS, a study conducted to obtain accurate prevalences of postwar psychological problems. Also provides findings from reanalyses of the data showing how premilitary, during military, and postmilitary variables influence...
  
• The Unique Circumstances and Mental Health Impact of the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
  Discusses how the these wars may affect veterans--also provides reviews of specific studies and information about predictors of PTSD in veterans.
  
• Mental Health Aspects of Prolonged Combat Stress in Civilians
  This review provides a description of how civilians respond to prolonged stress. This information is meant to be helpful to clinicians to predict how U.S. civilians may be affected by the war in Afghanistan.
  
• PTSD Research at Fort Bragg: Prediction and Prevention
  An interview with Charles A. (Andy) Morgan, III, M.D., about groundbreaking research with active-duty military personnel under stress.
  
• A brief primer on Mental Health Impact of the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
  A brief description of the mental health impact of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  
• Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD
  Background information about traumatic brain injury and how it relates to PTSD. Implications for diagnosis and treatment.