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Chronic stress affects both physical and mental health. The National Academies research causes, impacts, and interventions that promote resilience and well-being.

How Six Health System Leaders Are Addressing Clinician Burnout During COVID-19 and Beyond Aug 9, 2021 Feature Story
New Report Reviews Veterans Affairs Monograph on Potential Therapeutic Effects of Programs with Service and Emotional Support Dogs on Veterans with PTSD Mar 12, 2021 News Release
Methods to Track Health Care Worker Deaths, Burnout from COVID-19 Examined in New Rapid Response to Government Dec 10, 2020 News Release

Featured Publications

Applying Neurobiological Insights on Stress to Foster Resilience Across Life Stages: Proceedings of a Workshop

Proceedings

2025

Understanding Methods for Measuring Program Effectiveness and Clinical Effectiveness: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

Proceedings

2025

Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond

Consensus Study Report

2024

Letter Report on Review of Department of Veterans Affairs Monograph on Potential Therapeutic Effects of Service and Emotional Support Dogs on Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Consensus Study Report

2021

Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society

Consensus Study Report

2019

Featured work

Assessment of Department of Veterans Affairs Physical and Mental Health Examinations and the Department's Schedule of Rating Disabilities for Disability Compensation Claims Related to Military Sexual Trauma

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Mental Health Effects of Toxic Exposures Among Veterans

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Evaluating the Effects of Opioids and Benzodiazepines on All-Cause Mortality in Veterans

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Review of Department of Veterans Affairs Monograph on Health Economic Effects of Service Dogs for Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Assessment of the Evidence

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Review of Department of Veterans Affairs Monograph on Potential Therapeutic Effects of Service and Emotional Support Dogs on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Evaluation of the Disability Determination Process for Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

Consensus/Advisory Activity

The Well-Being of Military Families

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Co-Production of Environmental Knowledge, Methods, and Approaches

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Units

Social and Economic Systems Program Area

Oversight Unit

Happy and smiling multiracial family with grandparents by the beach in New England

Center for Health, People, and Places (CHPP)

Oversight Unit

Health Care and Public Health Program Area

Oversight Unit

Extensive series of patients, doctors and nurses of various ages and ethnicities in a modern exam room.

Used for: A Long COVID Definition
A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences

Biomedical and Health Sciences Program Area

Oversight Unit

Forum to Address Attacks on Health Professionals

Roundtable/Forum

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Committee on Population

Standing Committee

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