Postdeployment mental health concerns and family functioning in veteran men and women.

Objective: Despite growing numbers of veteran women, it is unclear whether the impact of common postdeployment mental health concerns on key aspects of family functioning varies by gender. We examined whether associations between PTSD, depression, and problematic alcohol use and intimate relationship quality and parenting self-efficacy differed among men and women in a large, gender-balanced sample of post-9/11 veterans.

Method: Participants included 2,348 veterans (51.

Neuromuscular and biomechanical adjustments of the speech mechanism during modulation of vocal loudness in children with cerebral palsy and dysarthria.

ABSTRACChildren with cerebral palsy (CP) are characterized as difficult to understand because of poor articulation and breathy voice quality. This case series describes the subsystems of the speech mechanism (i.e.

Effectiveness of decision aids for smoking cessation in adults: a quantitative systematic review.

Objective: The objective of the review was to determine the effectiveness of the use of decision aids to facilitate the shared decision-making process between a person and a healthcare provider on smoking cessation rates, knowledge of smoking cessation methods and decisional quality.

Introduction: The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest health threats in the world, and it is the single most important preventable cause of disease. In the smoking cessation process, people move through different stages in their readiness to quit.

Advance care planning and anticipatory decision making in patients with Alzheimer disease.

Early advance care planning and anticipatory decision making in the Alzheimer disease (AD) trajectory is a strategy NPs can incorporate to improve managing uncertainty around common decisions. This article explores decisions patients and caregivers face along the AD trajectory and provides resources for patients, caregivers, and NPs.