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1 Introduction
Pages 13-18

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... and other mental health diagnoses, such as major depressive disorder, anxiety, substance use disorder, and suicidal ideation. As early as 2004, it was estimated that over one-fourth of troops returning from OEF and OIF were suffering from mental health disorders (Hoge et al., 2004)
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... ; about VHA residential mental health care facilities (VA Office of Inspector General, 2009) ; and about postdischarge follow-up mental health care, especially for veterans at risk of suicide (VA Office of Inspector General, 2013)
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... for a study that would assess veterans' ability to access mental health services at the VHA as well as the quality of mental health services within the VHA and to provide recommendations to address problems with access and quality of services. The National Academies assembled the Committee to Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services and assigned to it the following task: A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee will comprehensively assess the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in OEF/OIF/OND.
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... It includes the analyses of the committee's survey of veterans who use and do not use the VHA for mental health services; the chapter includes descriptions of problems associated with accessing VHA mental health care services. Chapter 7 provides an introduction to the eight dimensions of health care quality (workforce and infrastructure, timely mental health care, patient-centered
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... 2009. Healthcare inspection: Review of Veterans Health Administration residential mental health care facilities.
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