PTSD: Survey

PTSD Substance Abuse Committee

Attention Female Veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan (OIF/OEF)

A research study examining potential barriers to mental health access is being conducted by Dr. Gina Owens, Department of Psychology, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. The online survey assesses mental health needs and difficulties encountered in accessing mental health services. Questions also ask about combat exposure and possible experiences of sexual harassment or assault during military service. If you are a female veteran of Iraq and/or Afghanistan who is 18 years or older, you are eligible to participate.

The survey is anonymous and takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.

As an incentive to participate, all participants will be given the chance to enter a raffle drawing for a $75 gift certificate awarded to 5 randomly selected participants. You will have a choice of receiving the gift certificate from one of several online stores, including Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com. If you would like to participate in this research study, please click on the following hypertext link (you may need to copy and paste the link into your browser).

http://survey.utk.edu/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=FEMALEVETERANSME

This will take you to the consent form and questionnaire. This research has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board for protection of human subjects at the University of Tennessee.

Please feel free to forward this e-mail announcement to eligible friends/colleagues you know who may wish to participate. Thanks in advance for your help with this project!

Sincerely,

Gina P. Owens, Ph.D. University of Tennessee Department of Psychology
Ph: 865-974-2204

NOTE: VVA and AVVA assume no liability for any individual who chooses to participate in this study

In The News

7/6/2006

VVA Legislative Testimony Before the Subcommittee on PTSD of the Committee on Gulf War & Health: Physiologic, Psychologic,
And Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress Institute of Medicine Of the
National Academy of Sciences Regarding
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Diagnosis, treatment, and Compensation

Read the latest on the IOM sub- committees No Across-the-Board Review of PTSD Cases Vietnam Veterans of America Says VA Review Will Penalize PTSD Veterans VVA's Self-Help
Guide on PTSDPTSD Does Not Mean You're Crazy! Get the brochure in PDF format.Semiannual Committee ReportPTSD/SA Committee Reports as published in
The VVA Veteran: Jan./Feb. 2006 Nov./Dec. 2005 Sept./Oct. 2005 Mar./Apr. 2005 Jan./Feb. 2005Study Results The results of a study entitled "Spirituality and PTSD in Vietnam Combat Veterans" can be found by clicking on the name of the study.Special Report “Never Shall One Generation of Veterans Abandon Another…” Steve Robinson, Executive Director of the National Gulf War Resource Center*, has just released an excellent report on mental health and the military in Iraq. The report includes a great deal of information that has not received very much press coverage to date. Go to the report - Hidden Toll of the Iraq War: Mental Health and the Military