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    Barriers to Mental Health Care in US Military Veterans

    Military veterans often encounter multiple obstacles to mental health care, such as stigma, practical barriers (e.g., high cost), and negative beliefs about mental health care. To date, however, nationally rep...

    Connor Lewis, Ian C. Fischer, Jack Tsai, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem in Psychiatric Quarterly (2024)

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    Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

    Despite increasing recognition that positive psychological changes or posttraumatic growth (PTG) may develop after highly stressful or traumatic events, contemporary population-based data on the epidemiology o...

    Hun Kang, Ian C. Fischer, Samuel Dickinson, Peter J. Na, Jack Tsai in Psychiatric Quarterly (2024)

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    Problematic Alcohol Use Trajectories in U.S. Military Veterans during a Public Health Crisis: Results from a 3-year, Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Study

    A growing number of studies have examined alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few longitudinal studies evaluated the prevalence and correlates of different trajectories of problematic alcohol us...

    Peter J. Na, Ian C. Fischer, Ismene L. Petrakis in Psychiatric Quarterly (2024)

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    Psychological Resilience in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

    Following exposure to traumatic life events, most individuals are psychologically resilient, and experience minimal-to-no symptoms of posttraumatic stress, major depressive, or generalized anxiety disorders. T...

    Michael F. Georgescu, Ian C. Fischer, Sarah Lowe in Psychiatric Quarterly (2023)

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    Examining Cross-Cultural Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Psychological Well-Being in Turkey and the United States

    This study explored the extent to which meaning in life (i.e., presence and search) relates to different aspects of psychological well-being in American and Turkish students. It also assessed whether presence ...

    Ian C. Fischer, Ekin Secinti, Zeynep Cemalcilar in Journal of Happiness Studies (2021)

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    Predicting symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients living with advanced cancer: the differential roles of hope and optimism

    Psychological distress is related to poorer functioning and reduced quality of life in patients with advanced cancer and may have untoward influences on treatment decisions. Current research on factors associa...

    Ian C. Fischer, Larry D. Cripe, Kevin L. Rand in Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)