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Featured Publications and Books

Featured Manuscripts and Articles

PTSD in U.S. Veterans
Featured Article

PTSD in U.S. Veterans: The Role of Social Connectedness, Combat Experience and Discharge

Featured Article
Featured Article

Military Sexual Assault as a Mediator of the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Veterans

Additional Manuscripts
  • Barr, N., Kintzle, S., Alday, E. & Castro, C. A. (Accepted). How Does Discharge Status Impact Suicide Risk in Military Veterans? Social Work in Mental Health.
  • Atuel, H.R., & Castro, C.A. (In Press). From military cultural competence to military-cultural competence. Clinical Social Work Journal. Lucas, C. L., Goldbach, J. T., Kintzle, S., & Castro, C. A. (In Press). Military sexual assault as a mediator of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among lesbian, gay, and bisexual veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
  • Huffman, A.H., Dunbar, N., Broom, T.W. & Castro, C.A. (In Press). Soldiers’ perspectives of the married couples program: a review of perceived problems and proposed solutions. Military Psychology.
  • Wood, M. D., Adler, A. B., Bliese, P. D., McGurk, D., Castro, C.A., Charles W. Hoge, C. W. & Koffman, K. (In Press). Psychological Adjustment after Combat Deployment: Decompression at Home versus at Sea. Military Behavioral Health.
  • Keeling, M. (In Press). Stories of transition: Narrative of US veterans’ military to civilian transition. Journal of Military, Veteran, and Family Health. Sullivan, K., Kintzle, S., Barr, N. Gilreath, T., & Castro, C.A. (In Press). Veterans’ social/emotional and physical functioning informs perceptions of family and child functioning. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health.
  • Kintzle, S., Munch, C., Alday, E., Ozuna, S., Keeling, M., Corletto, G., Berg, D., Atuel, H., & Castro, C. A. (2018). The use of virtual clients for training behavioral health providers: Promises, challenges and the way ahead. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-018-0058-2
  • Porter, B., Hoge, C.W., Tobin, L.E., Donoho, C.J., Castro, C.A., Luxton, D.D., Faix, D. (2018). Measuring Aggregated and Specific Combat Exposures Associations with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Alcohol-Related Problems. Journal of Traumatic Stress. doi: 10.1002/jts.22273.
  • Keeling, M., Ozuna, S., Kintzle, S., and Castro, C.A. (2018). Veterans’ civilian employment experiences: Lessons learnt from focus groups. Journal of Career Development. Published online at https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845318776785
  • Keeling, M., Kintzle, S., and Castro, C.A. (2018). Exploring the experiences of US veterans’ post service employment challenges. Military Psychology, 30(1), 63-69. doi:10.1080/08995605.2017.1420976
  • Harris, T., Winetrobe, H., Rhoades, H., Castro, C. A., & Wenzel, S. (2018). Moving beyond housing: Service implications for veterans entering permanent supportive housing. Clinical Social Work Journal, 46(2), 130-140. 
  • Lancaster, L. S., Kintzle, S. & Castro, C. A. (2018). Validation of the warrior identity scale in the Chicagoland veterans study. Identity: An international Journal of Theory and Research, 18(1), 34-43. DOI:10.1080/15283488.2017.1410157
  • Cederbaum, J.A., Wilcox, S.L., Oh, H., Sullivan, K.S., & Hassan, A.M. (2017). The role of service member mental health and marital satisfaction in postdeployment family reintegration. Military Behavioral Health 5(4), 364-373.
  • Hoge, C.W., Lee, D.J. & Castro, C.A. (2017). Refining trauma-focused treatments for service members and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, 74, 13-14. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.2740.
  • Barr, N., Sullivan, K., Kintzle, S. & Castro, C. A. (2017). Suicidality and non-suicidal high risk behavior in military veterans: How does PTSD symptom presentation relate to behavioral risk? Traumatology. Published online

Featured Books and Book Chapters

American Military Life in the 21st Century
Featured Book

American Military Life in the 21st Century by Eugenia L. Weiss and Carl Andrew Castro, Editors
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Military and Veteran Mental Health book
Featured Book

Military and Veteran Mental Health: A Comprehensive Guide and feature the chapter titled: The Perpetrator Hypothesis: Victimization Involving LGBT Service Members

Additional Books and Book Chapters
  • Weiss, E. & Castro, C.A. (Eds.). (In Press). American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends. Vol. 1.
  • Weiss, E. & Castro, C.A. (Eds.). (In Press). American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends. Vol. 2.
  • Castro, C.A. & Kintzle, S. (in preparation/under contract). Military transition theory. Springer Press.
  • McNamara, K., Castro, C. A. & Goldbach, J. (In Press). Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members in the U.S. military. In E. Weiss & C.A. Castro (Eds.), American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends.
  • Atuel, H. R. & Castro, C. A. (In Press). Military transition process and identity. In E. Weiss & C.A. Castro (Eds.), American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends.
  • Kintzle, S. & Alday-Mejia, E. (In Press). The Role of National Guard in Civilian Employment. In E. Weiss & C.A. Castro (Eds.), American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends.
  • Kintzle, S. & Castro, C. A. (In Press). Examining veteran transition to the workplace through military transition theory. In P.D. Harms, P.L, Perrewe, J.R.B., Halbesleben & C.C. Rosen (Eds.), Occupational Stress and Well-being in Military Contexts (pp. 117-128). Emerald Publishing: Bingley, UK.
  • Keeling, M., Ozuna, S., & Millsap, C. (In Press). Employment after the military. In E. Weiss & C.A. Castro (Eds.), American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends.
  • Graeser, N. (In Press) Title Unknown. In E. Weiss & C.A. Castro (Eds.), American Military Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, Economic Issues and Trends.
  • Castro C.A. & Goldbach J. (2018) The Perpetrator Hypothesis: Victimization Involving LGBT Service Members. In: Roberts L., Warner C. (eds) Military and Veteran Mental Health (pp 145-156). Springer, New York, NY. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7438-2_10

Distinguished Guests

The center hosts a number of invited presentations and distinguished guests that offer opportunities for advanced learning and research collaboration. View our recent distinguished guest speakers below.

  • Neil Greenberg, Kings College London on the role of screening in the Armed Forces
  • Peter Gutierrez, Veterans Affairs on suicide prevention.
  • Amishi Jha, University of Miami on mindfulness.
  • Colonel Dennis McGurk, Director of Military Operational Medicine Research Program
  • Lieutenant General Charles D. Luckey, Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, United States Army Reserve
  • Sir Simon Wessley, Professor of Psychological Medicine, King’s College