Care For Veterans With Mental And Substance Use Disorders

Posted on: October 25, 2016

Veterans have a high frequency of serious mental and substance use disorders. The return of US service members with symptoms indicative of serious mental disorders has focused attention on the difficulties of providing high-quality treatment to this population. Although returning service members are only 4.1 percent of the total veteran population, their complex psychological needs have made delivering high-quality treatment for mental and substance use disorders a national priority. (more…)

Posted in: Co-Occurring Disorders, Public Policy