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Veterans and Military Health Resource Guide

A guide to veterans and military health related resources at Dahlgren Memorial Library.

Database Links for Veterans and Military Health

View all DML databases on this Databases A-Z Guide.

Consider using the following databases to search for relevant articles. For more help searching, contact a DML librarian.

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
International psychiatry and mental health articles, reports, books and dissertations. Added functionality available with personal account.

Here are some MeSH terms to use in APA PsychInfo:

Military Personnel
Narrower Term: Air Force Personnel
Narrower Term: Army Personnel
Narrower Term: Coast Guard Personnel
Narrower Term: Commissioned Officers
Narrower Term: Enlisted Military Personnel [+NT]
Narrower Term: Marine Personnel
Narrower Term: Military Attrition
Narrower Term: Military Deployment
Narrower Term: Military Duty Status
Narrower Term: Military Enlistment
Narrower Term: Military Medical Personnel
Narrower Term: Military Psychologists
Narrower Term: Military Veterans
Narrower Term: National Guard Personnel
Narrower Term: Navy Personnel
Narrower Term: ROTC Students
Narrower Term: Volunteer Military Personnel

Military Families
Military Measures
Military Psychiatry
Military Suicide
Reintegration
Combat Experience
Moral Injury
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [+NT]
Military Psychology
War
Healthcare Access
Health Disparities
Major Depression
Health Services Needs
Traumatic brain injury
Trauma
Counseling
Large Collection.
1806-Present.
Updated Weekly

Ovid MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts to the biomedical literature, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Added functionality available with personal account. Good for foreground questions.

These are some MESH terms that you can use in Ovid Medline:

Military Personnel
Veterans
Veteran's Health

Hospitals, Federal
Narrower Term: Hospitals, Military
Narrower Term: Hospitals, Veterans

Veterans Health Services
Veterans Disability Claims
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Mental Disorders
Narrower Term: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Narrower Term: Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Narrower Term: Combat Disorders
Narrower Term: Psychological Trauma
Narrower Term: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Narrower Term: Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute

Military Medicine

Large Collection.
1946-Present.
Updated Daily.

AccessNeurology This link opens in a new window
Medical textbooks that focus on neurology and neuroscience. Question banks and added functionality available with personal account. Good for background questions.

Here are some terms to use in AccessNeuology:

Military personnel
Military deployment
Military
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Addiction
Traumatic brain injury
Military patients
Veterans
Disability
Rehabilitation
Depression
Military veterans
Combat Experience Scale
Acute Stress Disorder
Military medicine
Small collection.
2010-present.
Updated yearly.

DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based point of care resource with diagnostic tools, calculators, patient education and ICD codes. Includes shared decision making tools. This resource is powered by artificial intelligence. Added functionality available with personal account. Good for background and foreground questions.

Here are some terms to use in DynaMed:

Health Care for Veterans
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Neurologic impairment or dysfunction following a distu

Large collection.
1995-Present.
Updated hourly.

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Evidence based journal articles, eBooks, monographs, patient education, and clinical overviews. Added functionality available with personal account. Good for background and foreground questions.

Here are some terms to use in ClinicalKey:

Military hospital
Military combat
Military field hospital
Veteran's hospital
Veterans Administration hospital
Veterans Disability Claim
Veteran
Military veteran
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Military Service Members
Psychiatric
Military sexual trauma
Veteran suicide
Suicide prevention
Combat stress
Military spouses
Military children
Military families
Health Care
Deployment
Military population
Mental health
Reintegration
Large collection.
2007-present.
Updated monthly.

PubMed (MEDLINE) This link opens in a new window
PubMed is comprised of millions of citations for the biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Also provides access to other National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) services for biomedical and genomic information. Added functionality available with personal account. Good for foreground questions.

Here are some MESH terms to use in Pumed Medline:

Military Medicine
Military Personnel
Military Family
Veterinary Service, Military
Psychology, Military
Military Psychiatry
Military Nursing
Military Medicine
Military Hygiene
Hospitals, Military
Military Sexual Trauma
Military Deployment
Military Health Services
Military Health
Veterans
Veterans Disability Claims
Veterans hospitals
Veteran's Administration
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Combat Disroders
Trauma

Large Collection.
Updated daily.
1996-Present

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Consumer health information on diseases, drugs, medical tests, medical terminology, and other health topics.

Here are some terms to use in MedlinePlus:

Military
Military health
Veterans and family military health
Veterans and military health
Sexual trauma
Healthcare
Military personnel
Trauma
Abuse
Mental health
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Combat
Deployment
Suicide

Large Collection.
1998-Present
Updated as needed.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect contains full text articles related to medicine and the sciences from hundreds of journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.

Here are some terms to use in ScienceDirect:

U,.S. military
US Armed Forces
Military personnel
US military health
Veterans
Veterans health care
Veterans health adminstration
Veterans health services
Military family health
Military families
Military family psychology
Military deployment
PTSD
Military trauma
Military trauma care
Military traumatic brain injury
Health disparities

Large Collection.
1823-Present
Updated frequently

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