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My research has focused on suicide prevention, behavioral health treatment, behavioral health epidemiology, military and veteran health, disasters and community resilience, and crime and justice. I have additional expertise in program evaluation and have co-authored two, freely available workbooks and additional tools to promote evaluation within community-based organizations. I have authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and my research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and private foundations. My commentary has been published in various media outlets and I have testified twice before the United States Congress and also before the California State Senate. I received my B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago and my Ph.D. in psychiatric epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I then worked for 12 years as a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation where I received two RAND Gold Medal Awards for my research on suicide prevention and one Presidential Award, RAND’s highest honor, for my work on military and veteran caregivers. Next, I served as Senior Vice President for Research at the Cohen Veterans Network where I established the organization’s research agenda and laid the foundation for conducting research within the network. I then became the inaugural Craig Newmark Fellow at the Bob Woodruff Foundation before returning to RAND in July 2020. I serve on the Board of Directors of Bastion Community of Resilience in New Orleans, LA and am a member of the School Life and Mission Committee of Canisius High School in Buffalo, NY; the Assessment and Intervention Standards Committee of the American Association of Suicidology; and the National Consortium for Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide. A full list of my publications can be found here. https://www.rajeevramchand.com/home daily 1.0 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579822158074-DZYNH2FPWUFBCTJFV4MF/IMG_5257.jpg Home - Applying and developing rigorous methodologies. I am skilled in and have published research using both quantitative and qualitative methods. This includes survey design, data collection, statistical analysis (including causal inference with observational data), psychometrics, focus groups, key informant interviews, and systematic literature reviews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579799582486-Y45Q22CIGCI15577GBQ8/IMG_3769.jpg Home - Dedicated to impact. I am committed to ensuring that, when appropriate, the results of my research extend beyond the academic community and are shared with the public and policy makers via op-eds, media appearances, meetings, and blog posts. I have testified twice before the U.S. Congress and once before the California State Senate and my research has been cited in federal policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579822187513-H9D5W6H6NEKI73N1N5JM/IMG_4820.jpg Home - Enjoying life in the process. I’m inspired by the tagline from one of my favorite musicals, RENT: “No day but today!” I enjoy my work-life balance… when I’m not working, you’re likely to find me at a live musical or play, in my kitchen (typically baking), traveling, or spending time with my Tibetan Terrier, Parker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573005116-HNKDXPD044JWFP9OYQZL/MG720_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573043514-PIQS2ZBN3F5SGLMZYF2O/MG953_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573057322-UHL8F2QTALGF2SFNYXJI/RR499_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573058289-Q9G3M8G5BRRZV9Q7016M/RR586_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573058217-AC8QWR2IS5K8VZKL6WFF/RR1488_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573058417-E9YMOS9Q6XWZG274T1I7/RR1695_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573058421-LXFSCZL1HA3XSBFUP994/RR2088_cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1580573058389-6IKPVYE2HSGA398X1N3P/TL243_cover.jpg Home https://www.rajeevramchand.com/enjoy-life daily 0.75 2020-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579906775228-453PBVXUA1HYQ9SVBKYQ/IMG_5679.jpg Enjoy Life! Seeing Hamilton at the Kennedy Center (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579456680333-BOV0BMO2TGD5HX4P4XAB/sun%2Bvalley.jpg Enjoy Life! Skiing in Sun Valley (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579450830540-T2RJ72NEI8YBGK02SGTF/parker_temple.jpg Enjoy Life! Parker at one of his favorite spots in DC (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579822733187-KPR2UKABM87JZNPJCNRZ/IMG_5140.jpg Enjoy Life! Enjoying beignets at Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans (2018) https://www.rajeevramchand.com/commentary daily 0.75 2020-07-11 https://www.rajeevramchand.com/crime-violence-and-justice daily 0.75 2020-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579990650166-FIUHPUNAQXH8WFINR6NF/IMG_0822.JPG Crime, Violence, and Justice - Crime, Violence, and Justice In 2018, 3.3 million Americans (ages 12 and older) were victims of a violent crime and in 2016 (the most recent year data is available) there were over 6.6 million persons in the adult correctional system. In 2018, over 728,000 arrests were made of persons under 18. My research has examined predictors of youth delinquency, how criminal behavior changes as youth age, the impact of youth criminal justice involvement on long-term outcomes, as well as approaches to preventing victimization. In addition, there are over 765,000 law enforcement officers working in the U.S. today whose responsibility is to help keep communities safe. I have examined factors that impact police officer mental health and well-being and how the science suggests law enforcement agencies can foster better health among their employees so that the police can be more effective at their jobs. Monographs The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Second Edition (2020) The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States (2018) The Role of Technology in Improving K–12 School Safety (2016) Journal Publications Contemporary Police Stress: The Impact of the Evolving Socio-Political Context (2019) Suicide prevention in US law enforcement agencies: A national survey of current practices (2018) Violence, guns, and suicide in New Orleans: results from a qualitative study of recent suicide decedents (2018) Linking specialization and seriousness in criminal careers (2014) Associations between abstinence in adolescence and economic and educational outcomes seven years later among high-risk youth (2011) How perceptions of mortality and HIV morbidity relate to substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors among former juvenile offenders (2010) Seven-year life outcomes of adolescent offenders in Los Angeles (2009) A developmental approach for measuring the severity of crimes (2009) Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobs (2009) Seven years later: Developmental transitions and delinquent behavior for male adolescents who received long-term substance treatment (2009) Racial differences in marijuana-users’ risk of arrest in the United States (2006) How criminal system racial disparities may translate into health disparities (2005) Research Tools RAND Program Evaluation Toolkit for Countering Violent Extremism (2017) https://www.rajeevramchand.com/suicide-prevention daily 0.75 2020-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579822251100-2Z50D3H4TY30BQ1ZARP4/IMG_5480.JPG Suicide Prevention - Preventing Suicide The suicide rate in the United States has grown at an alarming rate over the past decade; in 2017, 47,173 Americans took their own lives. My research has examined how American institutions from the Department of Defense to the national crisis response system are working to prevent suicide and how the science suggests such strategies could be improved. Only titles and publication years provided; coauthor and other publication details provided at links. Monographs Comparing the Army’s Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches (2020) Can Access to Data Prevent Army Suicides?: Identifying Optimal Response Strategies for Army Leaders (2016) Suicide prevention hotlines in California: diversity in services, structure, and organization and the potential challenges ahead (2016) Gatekeeper training for suicide prevention: A theoretical model and review of the empirical literature (2015) Suicide postvention in the Department of Defense: Evidence, policies and procedures, and perspectives of loss survivors (2015) Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of CalMHSA's Investment in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) (2015) Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense: Status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward (2014) Interventions to Prevent Suicide: A Literature Review to Guide Evaluation of California's Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Initiative (2012) The war within: Preventing suicide in the US military (2011) Journal Articles Mental health service preferences and utilization among women veterans in crisis: perspectives of veterans crisis line responders (2019) Increases in demand for crisis and other suicide prevention services after a celebrity suicide (2019) Suicide prevention in US law enforcement agencies: A national survey of current practices (2018) Violence, guns, and suicide in New Orleans: results from a qualitative study of recent suicide decedents (2018) Can the national call to prevent gun violence reduce suicides? (2018) Expanding suicide crisis services to text and chat (2017) Detecting changes in newspaper reporting of suicide after a statewide social marketing campaign (2017) Opportunities to intervene?“Warning signs” for suicide in the days before dying (2017) Best practices for suicide prevention messaging and evaluating California's" Know the Signs" media campaign (2017) Characteristics and proximal outcomes of calls made to suicide crisis hotlines in California (2016) Suicide Risk among women veterans in distress: Perspectives of responders on the Veterans Crisis Line (2016) The influence of training, reluctance, efficacy, and stigma on suicide intervention behavior among NCOs in the Army and marine corps (2016) Factors that Influence Chaplains’ Suicide Intervention Behavior in the Army (2016) Army chaplains’ perceptions about identifying, intervening, and referring soldiers at risk of suicide (2015) Noncommissioned officers’ perspectives on identifying, caring for, and referring soldiers and marines at risk of suicide (2015) A Case Study Evaluating the Fidelity of Suicide Prevention Workshops in California (2014) A prospective investigation of suicide ideation, attempts, and use of mental health service among adolescents in substance abuse treatment (2008) Brief Research Reports Adults newly exposed to “Know the Signs” Campaign report greater gains in confidence to intervene with those who might be at risk for suicide than those unexposed to the campaign (2015) Adults exposed to “Know the Signs” are more confident intervening with those at risk for suicide (2014) Suicide Rates in California: Trends and Implications for Prevention and Early Intervention Programs (2014) Racial and ethnic differences in exposure to suicide prevention messaging, confidence in one's ability to intervene with someone at risk, and resource preferences (2014) Where Would California Adults Prefer to Get Help If They Were Feeling Suicidal? (2014) Language Differences in California Adults' Exposure to Suicide Prevention Messaging, Confidence in One's Ability to Intervene with Someone at Risk, and Resource Preferences (2014) Evaluation Tools RAND's Fidelity Monitoring Protocol for Suicide Prevention Workshops in California (2017) RAND's silent monitoring protocol for assessing suicide crisis line call content and quality (2015) RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit (2013). A report describing how the toolkit was developed is available here: Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit https://www.rajeevramchand.com/disasters-and-community-resilience-1 daily 0.75 2020-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579990986920-BPXJADCOHW5L741VRRQM/IMG_4651.JPG Disasters and Community Resilience - Disasters and Community Resilience On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and spilling millions of gallons of crude oil into the waters. I co-led the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities Health Team from 2015 to 2018 to estimate the social, economic, and public health effects of the oil spill on coastal communities. We developed and administered the Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity of Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG), a probability-based survey of coastal communities that assessed exposure to the oil spill, health, and networked adaptive capacities. We re-interviewed the sample in 2018 after the Gulf Coast’s notorious Hurricane season (Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria), making STRONG one of the only longitudinal assessments of community residents before and after a disaster. Only titles and publication years provided; coauthor and other publication details provided at links. Monographs Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2020) Research Publications Natech or Natural? An Analysis of Hazard Perceptions, Institutional Trust, and Future Storm Worry Following Hurricane Harvey (2020) Behavioral health of Gulf Coast residents 6 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The role of trauma history (2019) Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Associated Resource Loss, and Long-Term Mental and Behavioral Outcomes (2019) Fishing Households, Social Support, and Depression after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2019) Oil Spill Disruption and Problem Drinking: Assessing the Impact of Religious Context among Gulf Coast Residents (2019) Persistent Risk‐Related Worry as a Function of Recalled Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Prior Trauma (2019) Reaching vulnerable populations in the disaster-prone US Gulf Coast: Communicating across the crisis lifecycle (2019) Research Tools Database of Literature on Oil Spills and Public Health (2019) Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Codebook Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Data https://www.rajeevramchand.com/behavioral-health-treatment daily 0.75 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579990758442-LS50AQQBP34ZPC9EP2VX/IMG_5914.jpg Behavioral Health Treatment - Treatment for Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Behavioral health conditions (including both mental health and substance use disorders) account for 7.4% of global disease burden (Murray et al., 2012). My research has examined who accesses behavioral health care and what prevents those in need from accessing care, the quality of care behavioral health treatment providers deliver, and whether there are, and what predicts, clients’ long-term sustained treatment effects. Only titles and publication years provided; coauthor and other publication details provided at links. Journal Articles Mental health service preferences and utilization among women veterans in crisis: perspectives of veterans crisis line responders (2019) Developing adaptive interventions for adolescent substance use treatment settings: protocol of an observational, mixed-methods project (2017) A systematic review of peer-supported interventions for health promotion and disease prevention (2017) Mental health service utilization among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning or queer college students (2017) Provision of mental health services as a quality indicator for adolescent substance abuse treatment facilities (2015) A psychometric assessment of the GAIN Individual Severity Scale (GAIN-GISS) and Short Screeners (GAIN-SS) among adolescents in outpatient treatment programs (2014) Do improvements in substance use and mental health symptoms during treatment translate to long-term outcomes in the opposite domain? (2014) Effectiveness of treatment for adolescent substance use: is biological drug testing sufficient? (2014) Estimating the causal effects of cumulative treatment episodes for adolescents using marginal structural models and inverse probability of treatment weighting (2014) Assessing the generalizability of the CSAT-sponsored GAIN dataset: Are the CSAT sites representative of adolescent treatment programs in the US? (2014) A tutorial on propensity score estimation for multiple treatments using generalized boosted models (2013) The effectiveness of community-based delivery of an evidence-based treatment for adolescent substance use (2013) Assessing the sensitivity of treatment effect estimates to differential follow-up rates: Implications for translational research (2012) Subgroups analysis when treatment and moderators are time-varying (2012) Associations between abstinence in adolescence and economic and educational outcomes seven years later among high-risk youth (2011) Using a Cross-Study Design to Assess the Efficacy of Motivational Enhancement Therapy–Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 5 (MET/CBT5) in Treating Adolescents with Cannabis-Related Disorders (2011) How perceptions of mortality and HIV morbidity relate to substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors among former juvenile offenders (2010) A prospective investigation of suicide ideation, attempts, and use of mental health service among adolescents in substance abuse treatment (2008) Smoking rates among adolescents in substance abuse treatment programs (2007) Book Chapters Access to optimal care among gay and bisexual men: identifying barriers and promoting culturally competent care (2007) https://www.rajeevramchand.com/behavioral-health-epidemiology daily 0.75 2020-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579799473358-T7HAL2Z36PRY33NB93U9/IMG_3751.JPG Behavioral Health Epidemiology - Measuring the Prevalence, Correlates, and Comorbidity of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Epidemiology studies how health-related conditions or events are distributed in societies, what determines such distribution, and how such insights can be used to prevent and control health problems (Porta, 2014). Because they rarely have biomarkers, studying behavioral health conditions requires special attention to the assessment of individual symptoms and how symptom profiles constitute the presence and severity of diagnosable conditions. My research has involved literature reviews to assess sources of discrepancies in epidemiologic investigations, survey design and administration with various populations (including gay and bisexual men, non-commissioned officers, chaplains, military and veteran caregivers, and residents in coastal communities along the Gulf coast), psychometric analysis, and the development of new methods to estimate causal effects with observational data. Only titles and publication years provided; coauthor and other publication details provided at links. Monographs Comparing the Army’s Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches (2020) 2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS) (2018) The Deployment Life Study Longitudinal Analysis of Military Families Across the Deployment Cycle (2016) Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers (2014) The effects of substance use on workplace injuries (2009) Journal Articles Relating to Epidemiologic Methods Estimating the causal effects of cumulative treatment episodes for adolescents using marginal structural models and inverse probability of treatment weighting (2014) Time‐varying effect moderation using the structural nested mean model: estimation using inverse‐weighted regression with residuals (2014) Linking Specialization and Seriousness in Criminal Careers (2014) A tutorial on propensity score estimation for multiple treatments using generalized boosted models (2013) Subgroups analysis when treatment and moderators are time-varying (2013) The effectiveness of community-based delivery of an evidence-based treatment for adolescent substance use (2012) Assessing the sensitivity of treatment effect estimates to differential follow-up rates: Implications for translational research (2012) PartyIntents: A portal survey to assess gay and bisexual men’s risk behaviors at weekend parties (2011) Literature Reviews Prevalence of, risk factors for, and consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems in military populations deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2015) Disparate prevalence estimates of PTSD among service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan: possible explanations (2010) Original Analyses Economic Spillover Effects of Intensive Unpaid Caregiving (2019) Behavioral health of Gulf Coast residents 6 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The role of trauma history (2019) Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Associated Resource Loss, and Long-Term Mental and Behavioral Outcomes (2019) Increases in demand for crisis and other suicide prevention services after a celebrity suicide (2019) Mental Health Service Utilization Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning or Queer College Students (2018) Detecting Changes in Newspaper Reporting of Suicide after a Statewide Social Marketing Campaign (2018) Noncommissioned Officers' Perspectives on Identifying, Caring for, and Referring Soldiers and Marines at Risk of Suicide (2016) Factors that Influence Chaplains' Suicide Intervention Behavior in the Army (2016) The Influence of Training, Reluctance, Efficacy, and Stigma on Suicide Intervention Behavior Among NCOs in the Army and Marine Corps (2016) Provision of mental health services as a quality indicator for adolescent substance abuse treatment facilities (2015) The effects of purchasing alcohol and marijuana among adolescents at-risk for future substance use (2014) Assessing the generalizability of the CSAT-sponsored GAIN dataset: are the CSAT sites representative of adolescent treatment programs in the U.S.? (2014) A psychometric assessment of the GAIN Individual Severity Scale (GAIN-GISS) and Short Screeners (GAIN-SS) among adolescents in outpatient treatment programs (2014) Do improvements in substance use and mental health symptoms during treatment translate to long-term outcomes in the opposite domain? (2014) The effects of purchasing alcohol and marijuana among adolescents at-risk for future substance use (2014) Drug use among gay and bisexual men at weekend dance parties: The role of intentions and perceptions of peers’ behaviors (2013) Risk behaviors among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men at party-oriented vacations (2013) The effects of employment among adolescents at-risk for future substance use (2013) Prevalence and correlates of drinking behaviors among previously deployed military and matched civilian populations (2011) Associations between abstinence in adolescence and economic and educational outcomes seven years later among high-risk youth (2011) How perceptions of mortality and HIV morbidity relate to substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors among former juvenile offenders (2010) Seven-year life outcomes of adolescent offenders in Los Angeles (2009) Alcohol abuse and illegal drug use among Los Angeles County trauma patients: prevalence and evaluation of single item screener (2009) Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobs (2009) Posttraumatic distress and physical functioning: a longitudinal study of injured survivors of community violence (2008) A prospective investigation of suicide ideation, attempts, and use of mental health service among adolescents in substance abuse treatment (2008) Seven years later: Developmental transitions and delinquent behavior for male adolescents who received long-term substance treatment (2009) The effect of working for pay on adolescent tobacco use (2007) Book Chapters Epidemiology of trauma events and mental health outcomes among service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2011) Prevalence of PTSD, depression, and TBI among returning service members (2008) Research Tools Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Codebook Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Data https://www.rajeevramchand.com/multimedia daily 0.75 2020-05-13 https://www.rajeevramchand.com/military-and-veteran-health-1 daily 0.75 2020-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e232b8fee2964277b031671/1579990943605-AAZK686QGR2DA2NA4XAC/IMG_3868.jpg Military and Veteran Health - Military and Veteran Health The Iraq War began in March 2003; since then over 3 million American men and women have deployed in support of U.S. military operations. Early in my time at RAND, I was fortunate to be part of the study team that wrote Invisible Wounds of War, the first independent assessment of the the psychological and cognitive injuries experienced by the men and women who deployed in support of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I served as Associate Director of RAND’s Center for Military Health Policy Research from 2011 to 2012 and have continued to conduct research on PTSD prevalence and treatment among U.S. service members and veterans and suicide risk and prevention among these groups. Monographs Veterans and COVID-19: Projecting the Economic, Social, and Mental Health Needs of America’s Veterans (2020) Comparing the Army’s Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches (2020) 2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS) (2018) The deployment life study: Longitudinal analysis of military families across the deployment cycle (2016) Can Access to Data Prevent Army Suicides?: Identifying Optimal Response Strategies for Army Leaders (2016) Suicide postvention in the Department of Defense: Evidence, policies and procedures, and perspectives of loss survivors (2015) Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense: Status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward (2014) Hidden heroes: America's military caregivers (2014) The war within: Preventing suicide in the US military (2011) Journal Articles Mental health service preferences and utilization among women veterans in crisis: perspectives of veterans crisis line responders (2019) Suicide Risk among women veterans in distress: Perspectives of responders on the Veterans Crisis Line (2016) The influence of training, reluctance, efficacy, and stigma on suicide intervention behavior among NCOs in the Army and marine corps (2016) Factors that Influence Chaplains’ Suicide Intervention Behavior in the Army (2016) Prevalence of, risk factors for, and consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems in military populations deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2015) Army chaplains’ perceptions about identifying, intervening, and referring soldiers at risk of suicide (2015) Noncommissioned officers’ perspectives on identifying, caring for, and referring soldiers and marines at risk of suicide (2015) Disparate prevalence estimates of PTSD among service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan: possible explanations (2011) Prevalence and correlates of drinking behaviors among previously deployed military and matched civilian populations (2011) Book Chapters Epidemiology of trauma events and mental health outcomes among service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2011) Prevalence of PTSD, depression, and TBI among returning service members (2008) https://www.rajeevramchand.com/epi daily 0.75 2020-04-12