Lessons learned for provisioning and delivering U.S. military behavioral health care, 2003-2013 / Kristie L. Gore, Ryan Andrew Brown, Kathryn O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gore, Kristie L., author.

Brown, Ryan Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Mental health services--United States--Evaluation.

Soldiers.

United States.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2021

Summary:

The behavioral health demands stemming from the longstanding wars in Iraq and Afghanistan led to significant changes in the provision and delivery of behavioral health care in the U.S. military. The focus in this report is on the 2003–2013 period. The authors reviewed publicly available material to identify the events and circumstances that prompted the changes. This review informed the selection of candidates for a series of interviews to capture lessons they had learned that could help prepare future military behavioral health providers. This report highlights selected events and the insights of the 17 experts the authors interviewed. One overall lesson seems to have been the need for a pipeline for hiring providers and appropriate incentives, particularly when demand surges, as it did in this period.

Contents:

Contextual Events

Provisioning Military Behavioral Health Care

Delivery of Military Behavioral Health Care

Reflections.