Use of Veterans Health Administration Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment After Exiting Prison: The Health Care for Reentry Veterans Program

The Veterans Health Administration (VA) Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) program links veterans exiting prison with treatment. Among veterans served by HCRV, national VA clinical data were used to describe contact with VA health care, and mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses and...

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Published in:Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research 2017-03, Vol.44 (2), p.177-187
Main Authors: Finlay, Andrea K., Stimmel, Matthew, Blue-Howells, Jessica, Rosenthal, Joel, McGuire, Jim, Binswanger, Ingrid, Smelson, David, Harris, Alex H. S., Frayne, Susan M., Bowe, Tom, Timko, Christine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Psychology
Community support
Councils
Diagnosis
Disorders
Health Administration
Health care
Health care policy
Health Informatics
Hospital administration
Humans
Imprisonment
Internal medicine
Medical diagnosis
Medical treatment
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health services
Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Military hospitals
Original Article
Outreach programs
Post traumatic stress disorder
Primary care
Prisoners
Prisoners - psychology
Prisons
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy - methods
Public Health
Quality control
Quality management
Reentry
Rural areas
Rural communities
Substance abuse treatment
Substance use
Substance use disorder
Trauma
United States
Veterans
Veterans - psychology
Veterans Health - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:The Veterans Health Administration (VA) Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) program links veterans exiting prison with treatment. Among veterans served by HCRV, national VA clinical data were used to describe contact with VA health care, and mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses and treatment use. Of veterans seen for an HCRV outreach visit, 56 % had contact with VA health care. Prevalence of mental health disorders was 57 %; of whom 77 % entered mental health treatment within a month of diagnosis. Prevalence of substance use disorders was 49 %; of whom 37 % entered substance use disorder treatment within a month of diagnosis. For veterans exiting prison, increasing access to VA health care, especially for rural veterans, and for substance use disorder treatment, are important quality improvement targets.
ISSN:0894-587X
1573-3289
DOI:10.1007/s10488-015-0708-z