Author: United States House of Representatives Publisher: ISBN: 9781653556793 Category : Languages : en Pages : 116
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Status of military and VA health care coordination, including post-deployment health care of recently discharged veterans: field hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, April 13, 2004, hearing held in San Antonio, TX.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 128
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 120
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309466601 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 467
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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 healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"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.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309066301 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 62
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Concerns about the health of veterans of recent military conflicts have given rise to broader questions regarding the health consequences of service in any major military engagement. The Veterans Program Enhancement Act of 1998 directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to help develop a plan for establishing' a national center (or centers) for the study of war-related illnesses and postdeployment health issues. In response to this legislation, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a committee of experts. The charge to the committee was to (1) assist the VA in developing a plan for establishing a national center (or centers) for the study of war-related illnesses and postdeployment health issues, and (2) assess preliminary VA plans and make recommendations regarding such efforts.
Author: Marjorie Kanof Publisher: ISBN: Category : United States Languages : en Pages : 16
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Congress's long-standing interest in health care services for servicemembers returning from deployment has grown regarding National Guard and Reserve servicemembers because they are being activated in numbers not seen since World War II. For servicemembers who have been deployed overseas - whether National Guard, Reserve, or active duty - the Department of Defense (DOD) has developed a continuum of programs to assess servicemembers' health needs by obtaining information on their health concerns. One health assessment is administered before deployment, another about the time servicemembers return from deployment, and a third 90 to 180 days after deployment, which is called the post-deployment health reassessment (PDHRA). DOD directed the PDHRA to be implemented in June 2005 in response to studies that showed that health concerns were emerging several months after servicemembers' return from deployment. One intent of the PDHRA is to identify servicemembers' health concerns with a specific emphasis on screening for mental health and to assess whether servicemembers need referrals for further evaluation. PDHRAs can result in referrals being made to military treatment facilities, TRICARE providers, chaplains, Military OneSource, or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, such as VA medical centers, VA community clinics, and Vet Centers. Congressional interest in health care services for National Guard and Reserve servicemembers returning from deployment has increased because of their large numbers and because they have reported post-deployment mental health concerns at a higher rate than their active duty counterparts, though this varies by military service. Related to this interest, Congress asked us to describe the administration of the PDHRA to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers. This report describes: (1) how DOD administers the PDHRA to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers and what information it obtains and (2) how VA interacts with DOD in the PDHRA process for these servicemembers and the information VA obtains.
Author: United States House of Representatives
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Author: Institute of Medicine
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Author: Marjorie Kanof