Postdeployment Behavioral Health Screens and Linkage to the Veterans Health Administration for Army Reserve Component Members.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Approximately three to six months after returning from deployment, military service members complete the Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA), which includes screens for alcohol misuse, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To determine whether Army Reserve Component (RC) members (Army National Guard and Army Reserve) with positive screening scores on the PDHRA receive needed care, the investigators examined the association between positive scores and enrollment and utilization of care ("linkage") in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), as well as rescreening scores, diagnosis, and behavioral treatment in VHA.

Methods

Mixed-effects regression models were used to predict linkage to VHA within six months after RC members (N=73,164) complet

SUBMITTER: Vanneman ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5697977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature