Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs mental health services

"Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not...

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Corporate Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee To Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC The National Academies Press 2018, [2018]©2018
Series:Consensus study report
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental health-related outcomes--in particular, suicide--at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services" -- Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xxvi, 439 pages) color illustrations
ISBN:0309466571
9780309466578