Exploring Integration of Support for Co-Occurring Substance Use-Related Needs in Interdisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment for Military Service Members and Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore initial outcomes (treatment entry and completion and staff feedback) for an interdisciplinary military traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment program with individualized support for co-occurring substance use (SU).

Design

A quality improvement effort was undertaken to develop an integrated model of care for TBI with support for service members and veterans (SM/Vs) with co-occurring SU. We describe treatment entry and completion outcomes, along with staff feedback, collected over 26 months of program implementation.

Setting

An intensive outpatient program (IOP) for SM/Vs with TBI, administered by a not-for-profit hospital.

Participants

Three hundred and sixty-four (N=364) SM/Vs applying for TBI treatment (85.2% men, 28.3% active service, med

SUBMITTER: McCauley KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447207 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature