Preventing Psychological Disorders in Service Members and Their Families An Assessment of Programs (2014) / Chapter Skim
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1 INTRODUCTION
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Although this report describes many of the challenges associated with improving prevention efforts in the military, improving prevention of psychological disorders is not a military-only problem. Many of the shortcomings described in this report reflect the overall inadequate response to prevention nationwide.
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The report covered a variety of topics, including health outcomes, mental health treatment, access to care, family issues, community effects, and economic impacts. The assessment of deployment-related health outcomes focused on traumatic brain injury, PTSD, depression, substance use disorders, and suicidal ideation, and included detailed discussions of the screening, assessment, and treatment of those conditions in DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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. To gather information, the committee identified and reviewed relevant studies in the peer-reviewed literature; reviewed applicable government reports, Internet resources, and congressional testimony; reviewed recent IOM reports on military health, psychological health, and prevention; and heard presentations from subject-matter experts.
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The chapter describes demographic data for Armed Forces personnel; major psychological health consequences experienced by service members deployed to OEF and OIF; effects of deployments on the psychological well-being of spouses and children of service members deployed to OEF and OIF; processes that DOD uses for assessing mental health risk in the military for its purposes of providing prevention, assessment, and treatment services; and an overview of mental health services in the military. Chapter 4 describes various DOD policies, programs, and services intended to enhance psychological health and prevent psychological health disorders among service members and their families.
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2010. Deployment and the use of mental health services among U.S.
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