Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs mental health services / Committee to Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services, Board on Health Care Services, Health and Medicine Division ; a consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee To Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services, author.

Series:

Consensus study report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Veterans Health Administration--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Veterans Health Administration.

Veterans--Mental health services--United States.

Veterans.

Veterans--Mental health services.

Evaluation.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 439 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2018.

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

Contents:

Summary

Introduction

The Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration's Mental Health Services

Clinical management of mental health conditions at the Veterans Health Administration

Methodology

Department of Veteran's Affairs mental health services: need, usage, and access and barriers to care

Dimensions of quality in mental health care

Mental health workforce and facilities infrastructure

Timely access to mental health care

Patient-centered care and the veteran experience

Effective mental health care

Efficient mental health care

Equitable mental health care

Health technology for mental health care

Quality management

Findings, conclusions, and recommendations

Appendices. Supporting the documentation for the survey

Supporting documentation for the site visits: questionnaires and NVivo codes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee To Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services. Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs mental health services.

ISBN:

0309466571

9780309466578

OCLC:

1021804287