Lynsay Ayer

Considerations for Integrating Women Into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces

This report assesses challenges for unit cohesion from integrating women into special operations forces and provides analytical support for validating...

Suicide Postvention in the Department of Defense

Evidence, Policies and Procedures, and Perspectives of Loss Survivors

A review of the scientific evidence on suicide postvention (organizational responses to prevent additional suicides and help loss survivors cope), gui...

Care Transitions to and from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) for Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury

The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) provides specialized services for troops suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). RAND evaluate...

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

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico....

Evaluation of the Connections to Care (C2C) Initiative

Interim Report

This interim report presents preliminary evaluation findings for New York City's Connections to Care program, which seeks to expand access to mental h...

Air Force Sexual Assault Situations, Settings, and Offender Behaviors

To assist Air Force efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault, this report focuses on providing a better understanding of sexual assaults commi...

Comparing the Army's Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population

Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches

Researchers investigate how accounting for demographic factors beyond age and gender (race/ethnicity, time, marital status, and educational attainment...

Improving Care for Co-occurring Psychological Health and Substance Use Disorders

An Implementation Evaluation of the Co-Occurring Disorders Clinician Training Program

The report evaluates implementation of a clinician training program to improve care for Navy personnel with co-occurring disorders. Results suggest ca...

Artificial Intelligence-Based Student Activity Monitoring for Suicide Risk

Considerations for K-12 Schools, Caregivers, Government, and Technology Developers

Schools have begun employing artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools to help identify students at risk for suicide. The authors examine how these pro...