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References

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Weaver, C. M., Joseph, D., Dongon, S. N., Fairweather, A., & Ruzek, J. I. (2013). Enhancing services response to crisis incidents involving Veterans: A role for law enforcement and mental health collaboration. Psychological Services, 10, 66-72. doi:10.1037/a0029651
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Levy-Gigi, E., Richter-Levin, G., Okon-Singer, H., Kéri, S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2016). The hidden price and possible benefit of repeated traumatic exposure. Stress, 19, 1-7. doi:10.3109/10253890.2015.1113523
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Breslau, N. (2012). Epidemiology of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults. Oxford Handbooks Online. Retrieved 10 Apr. 2016, from http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/
9780195399066.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780195399066-e-7.
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Glynn, L. H., Kendra, M. S., Timko, C., Finlay, A. K., Blodgett, J. C., Maisel, N. C., Midboe, A. M., McGuire, J. F., & Blonigen, D. M. (2014). Facilitating treatment access and engagement for justice-involved Veterans with substance use disorders. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 27, 138-163. doi:10.1177/0887403414560884.
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Finlay, A. K., Smelson, D., Sawh, L., McGuire, J., Rosenthal, J., Blue-Howells, J., Timko, C., Binswanger, I., Frayne, S. M., Blodgett, J. C., Bowe, T., Clark, S. C., & Harris, A. H. S. (2016). U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Justice Outreach Program Connecting justice-involved Veterans with mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 27, 203-222. doi:10.1177/-887403414562601
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Wisco, B. E., Marx, B. P., Wolf, E. J., Miller, M. W., Southwick, S. M., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2014). Posttraumatic stress disorder in the US Veteran population: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75, 1338-1346. doi:10.4088/JCP.14m09328
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Tsai, J., Rosenheck, R. A., Kasprow, W. J., & McGuire, J. F. (2013). Risk of incarceration and other characteristics of Iraq and Afghanistan era Veterans in state and federal prisons. Psychiatric Services, 64, 36-43. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201200188
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Kelsall, H. L., Wijesinghe, M. S. D., Creamer, M. C., McKenzie, D. P., Forbes, A. B., Page, M. J., & Sim, M. R. (2015). Alcohol use and substance use disorders in Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq War Veterans compared with nondeployed military personnel. Epidemiologic Reviews, 37, 38-54. doi:10/1093/epirev/mxu014
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Violanti, J., Hartley, T. A., Gu, J. K., Fekedulegn, D., Andrew, M. E., & Burchfiel, C. M., (2013). Life expectancy in police officers: A comparison with the U. S. general population. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 15, 217-228.
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Carlier, I. V., Lamberts, R. D., Gersons, B. P., & Berthold, P. R. (1997). Risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptomatology in police officers: A prospective analysis. Journal of Nervous Mental Disease, 185, 498-506.
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Nash, W. P., Westphal, R. J., Watson, P. J., & Litz, B. T. (2010). Combat and Operational Stress First Aid: Caregiver Training Manual. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Retrieved from www.alsbom-gm.org/files/COSFA%20NAVY%20TM.pdf
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Watson, P., Gist, R., Taylor, V. Evlander, E., Leto, F., Martin, R., Vaught, D., Nash, W.P., Westphal, R., & Litz, B. (2013). Stress First Aid for Firefighters and Emergency Services Personnel. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1768.9123

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