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VA faces challenges in providing substance use disorder services and is taking steps to improve these services for veterans / [Randall B. Williamson].
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Williamson, Randall B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Rules and practice--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Veterans--Substance use--Treatment--United States.
- Veterans.
- Veterans--Substance use--United States--Prevention.
- Drug abuse--Treatment--United States.
- Drug abuse.
- Veterans--Drug use--United States.
- Veterans--Medical care--United States.
- Alcoholism--Treatment--United States.
- Alcoholism.
- Veterans--Services for--United States--Evaluation.
- Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Substance-Related Disorders--therapy.
- veterans.
- Alcoholism--Treatment.
- Drug abuse--Treatment.
- Veterans--Medical care.
- Veterans--Services for--Evaluation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Substance-Related Disorders--therapy.
- Veterans.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Rules and practice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (43 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Department of Veterans Affairs faces challenges in providing substance use disorder services and is taking steps to improve these services for veterans
- VA substance use disorder services
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]
- Summary:
- Substance use disorders (SUD), such as alcohol abuse and drug addiction, are serious health conditions that affect many Americans, including a substantial number of veterans. The identification and treatment of veterans with SUDs is important, as SUDs can have harmful effects on veterans' physical, psychological, and social well-being if left untreated. VA provides SUD services in a range of settings, including inpatient SUD programs that provide acute in-hospital care, which may include detoxification services; residential rehabilitation treatment programs, which provide intensive treatment and rehabilitation services with supported housing; intensive outpatient programs, which provide at least 3 hours of treatment services 3 days per week; and standard outpatient programs, which provide less-intensive outpatient services. VA also provides SUD-related care in non-SUD settings, including primary care clinics and non-SUD residential rehabilitation treatment programs. VA's services for veterans with SUDs have been evolving in recent years, and VA is currently in the process of implementing a number of changes to its SUD services. This report provides an overview of 1. the challenges that VA officials and providers reported facing in their efforts to provide SUD services to veterans who have or are at risk for SUDs and 2. the national efforts VA has recently undertaken to improve its SUD services for veterans who have or are at risk for SUDs.
- Notes:
- Chiefly slides.
- Title from p.1 screen (GAO, viewed March 11, 2010).
- "March 10, 2010."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-10-294R."
- OCLC:
- 551181306
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