Military REACH Review | February 2024 Newsletter
Researchers examined Veterans' experiences with behavioral healthcare services. Veterans reported their use of VA and non-VA services, barriers and facilitators for them in seeking treatment, and about their mental health symptoms.
T/F: Women Veterans were less likely than men to report using behavioral healthcare services in the past 6 months.
- Family separation from military service and children’s externalizing symptoms: Exploring moderation by non-military spouse employment, family financial stress, marital quality, and the parenting alliance (Richardson et al., 2023)
- Relationship satisfaction of veterans and partners seeking couples therapy: Associations with posttraumatic stress, accommodation, and depression (Giff et al., 2023)
- Hidden challenges experienced by families with military-related post-traumatic stress disorder (Collins & Tam, 2023)
- Gender microaggressions that target women in the U.S. military: Examining links with depression and the moderating role of rank and coping (Kim, et al., 2024)
- Needs assessment of surviving military families: Clinical symptoms and the parent-child relationship (Burgin et al., 2024)
- A randomized controlled trial to improve fathering among fathers with substance use disorders: Fathering in recovery intervention (Cioffi et al., 2023)
- A phenomenological exploration of the gender transition experience: Findings to improve culturally competent nursing care and decrease health disparities (Lewis et al., 2023)
- Parental efficacy after a military parenting program: A dyadic latent growth model (Cai et al., 2023)
- Brief relationship support as a selective suicide prevention intervention: Piloting the Relationship Checkup in veteran couples with relationship and mental health concerns (Crasta et al., 2023)
- Barriers and facilitators to behavioral healthcare for women veterans: A mixed-methods analysis of the current landscape (Fitzke et al., 2023)
- The role of unit and interpersonal support in military sexual trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (Webermann et al., 2023)
- Cross-sectional examination of physical abuse victimization differences between lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual service members in the U.S. military, 2018 (Dean, et al., 2023)
How to be Thrifty with the Thrift Savings Plan
By: Matthew T. Saxey , Graduate Research Assistants, Military REACH
Historically, Service members were required to serve for 20+ years to receive their full retirement benefits. However, only about 17% of enlisted personnel and 49% of officers serve for 20 years (Murray & Adedeji, 2020). In response, the DoD created a new retirement system so people who served less than 20 years could still receive a range of benefits. Continue reading to learn more about these benefits and how to choose the best one for your family.