Open AccessImpact of Wartime Stress Exposures and Mental Health on Later-Life Functioning and Disability in Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Findings From the Health of Vietnam-Era Women’s Study
Author(s) -
Brian N. Smith,
Avron Spiro,
Susan M. Frayne,
Rachel Kimerling,
Yasmin Cypel,
Matthew J. Reinhard,
Amy M. Kilbourne,
Kathryn M. Magruder
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/psy.0000000000000762
Subject(s) - mental health , psychiatry , stressor , anxiety , medicine , generalized anxiety disorder , major depressive disorder , clinical psychology , psychology , mood
The effect of stress exposures and mental health sequelae on health-related outcomes is understudied among older women veterans. We examined a) the impact of wartime stress exposures on later-life functioning and disability in Vietnam-era women veterans and b) the extent to which mental health conditions known to be associated with stress-posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)-are associated with additional later-life functioning and disability.