Stress and mental disorders in female military personnel: comparisons between the sexes in a male dominated profession

NP Mota, M Medved, JL Wang, GJG Asmundson… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2012 - Elsevier
The proportion of women in militaries is growing; however, many studies in the area of
military mental health have been conducted with majority male samples. The present study …

Associations between abortion, mental disorders, and suicidal behaviour in a nationally representative sample

NP Mota, M Burnett, J Sareen - The Canadian Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Most previous studies that have investigated the relation between abortion and
mental illness have presented mixed findings. We examined the relation between abortion, …

Self‐medication with alcohol or drugs for mood and anxiety disorders: A narrative review of the epidemiological literature

S Turner, N Mota, J Bolton, J Sareen - Depression and anxiety, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background The comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders (MD and AD) with substance
use disorders (SUD) is common. One explanation for this comorbidity is the self‐medication …

Physical punishment and mental disorders: results from a nationally representative US sample

TO Afifi, NP Mota, P Dasiewicz, HL MacMillan… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: The use of physical punishment is controversial. Few studies have examined
the relationship between physical punishment and a wide range of mental disorders in a …

The burden of alcohol use disorders in US military veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

BS Fuehrlein, N Mota, AJ Arias, LA Trevisan… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To analyze data from a large, contemporary, nationally representative sample of US
veterans to evaluate: (1) the prevalence of life‐time alcohol use disorder (AUD) and past‐year …

Purpose in life is associated with a reduced risk of incident physical disability in aging US military veterans

NP Mota, J Tsai, PD Kirwin, J Sareen… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives The current study evaluated the incidence and determinants of physical disability
in a contemporary, nationally representative sample of US military veterans. Design, Setting…

Functional significance of a novel 7-factor model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

RH Pietrzak, J Tsai, C Armour, N Mota… - Journal of Affective …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background While posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the recently published
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) are clustered …

Longitudinal course of posttraumatic growth among US military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

J Tsai, LM Sippel, N Mota, SM Southwick… - Depression and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is increasingly recognized as an important
psychosocial phenomenon, but few studies have evaluated the longitudinal course of PTG. This …

The relationships between harsh physical punishment and child maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence in adulthood

TO Afifi, N Mota, J Sareen, HL MacMillan - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Physical punishment of children is an important public health concern. Yet, few
studies have examined how physical punishment is related to other types of child …

Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and homelessness and the impact of axis I and II disorders

LE Roos, N Mota, TO Afifi, LY Katz… - … journal of public …, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We investigated the links between homelessness associated with serious mental
and physical healthy disparities and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in nationally …