• Sumner, Dennis, Alvarez, Perkins, Beckham, Ebrahimi. Antidepressant Medication Prescription and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women Veterans. The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2025 May 7; 86(2):DOI: 10.4088/JCP.24m15647.
• Caloudas AB, Williams JB, Day G, Singh RS, Shapiro M, McCorkindale A, Menefee D, Lindsay JA, Boykin D. Engaging Rural Women Veterans in Mental Health Research: A Call to Action. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2025 May 5 DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2025.03.004.
• Goldstein, Pace, Dancu, Raman, Bridges-Curry, Klimek-Johnson, Jeevanathan, Gallion, Der, Tabriz, Sprague, Rushton, Hammer, Sims, Coleman, Martino, Cantrell, Gordon, Jacobs, Alexopoulos, Chen, Gierisch. An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans'' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review. JAMA Network Open. 2025 Apr 1; 8(4):e256372, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.6372.
• Borsky AE, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Rodriguez A, Fenwick K, Friedman JK, Yano EM. The State of VA-funded Women Veterans' Health Systems Research. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2025 Mar 27 DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2025.02.006.
• Rose DE, Farmer MM, Oishi SM, Bean-Mayberry BA, Canelo I, Washington DL, Yano EM. Availability of Women's Health Clinics, Primary Care Providers, and Women Veterans' Ratings of Care Experiences. Journal of general internal medicine. 2025 Mar 25 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09451-4.

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• Women Veterans with PTSD More Likely Than Men to Receive Guideline Discordant Medication
  This study examined potential confounders in incident prescribing of guideline discordant medications (GDM) in Veterans with PTSD. Findings showed that women Veterans with PTSD were 67% more likely than men to initiate a GDM, where more than half of this effect was explained by bipolar disorder diagnosis, age, and the number of distinct psychiatric medications prescribed in the prior year. After a...
  
  Date: June 5, 2024
• Women Veterans More Likely to Have Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Higher Pain Interference and Intensity
  This study examined gender differences in chronic pain and its contributors. Findings showed that, compared to men, women Veterans were more likely to have chronic overlapping pain conditions and had higher levels of pain interference and intensity. Women had higher prevalence of psychiatric and sleep disorder diagnoses, greater levels of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, fatigu...
  
  Date: February 12, 2024
• Research Priorities for Women Veterans’ Reproductive Health
  Held in September 2021, The National VA Reproductive Health Research Conference provided a unique opportunity to survey the current state of knowledge on women Veterans’ reproductive health and to discuss and identify research priorities that will support optimizing VA reproductive healthcare in the context of a Learning Healthcare System. Priorities highlight the need for reproductive health rese...
  
  Date: January 24, 2023
• Male and Female Veterans Differ in Attitudes to Referral to VA Care after Calling the Veterans Crisis Line
  This study described Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) referral outcomes for Veterans who contacted the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) with active thoughts of suicide during calendar years 2018–2019. Reasons given for declining SPC referral suggest that concerns about or discomfort with VA care were a key concern, particularly among women Veterans. Women had a higher rate of declining SPC referrals...
  
  Date: January 1, 2023
• JGIM Supplement Features VA Research on Women Veterans’ Health and Healthcare
  This special issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM), titled “Moving Women Veterans’ Health Research Forward,” includes 25 articles and 2 editorials that highlight innovations and new findings related to women Veterans’ health and healthcare, including the diverse needs and experiences of women Veterans and active duty and Reserve/National Guard servicewomen....
  
  Date: September 1, 2022

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An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature (2016-2023) (10-09-2024)

Evidence Map - An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans’ Health Literature (2016-2023) (09-03-2024)

"Something Has to Be Done to Make Women Feel Safe": Women Veterans' Recommendations for Strengthening the Veterans Crisis Line (08-30-2024)

Veterans Crisis Line Gender Findings: Qualitative Interviews with Women Veterans (11-01-2022)

Reasons Why Women Veterans Leave or Stay in VA Healthcare (05-06-2022)

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Videos

• Qualitative Research and Women Veterans 01/15/20

Podcasts

• Evaluating the Expansion of 12-Month Contraceptive Supply for Women Veterans 01/28/2025
• Newly-separated Women Veterans' Use of VA and Community Care 08/03/2020
• Women Veterans' Experiences in Obtaining VA Mental Health 07/20/2020

Other Resources

• Visit VA's Office of Research & Development's Women's Health Research Program Page or their women’s health topic page to learn more about research milestones.
• Visit VA's Center for Women Veterans website.