The long and winding road to postsecondary education for U.S. veterans with invisible injuries.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Veterans with "invisible injuries" (a mental health diagnosis or a traumatic brain injury) often pursue higher education to enhance employment and community reintegration, but frequently experience challenges to success. This mixed methods study examined how the educational experiences of Veterans with invisible injuries become intertwined with broader transitions between military and civilian life and the resulting implications for rehabilitation services. METHOD:Thirty-eight Veterans with mental illness or a traumatic brain injury who served in a post-9/11 conflict and attended a postsecondary institution within the past 60 months completed in-depth interviews and questionnaires. We used a constant comparative approach to analyze barriers and facilitators to educational functio

SUBMITTER: Rattray NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715523 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature