Systems of Care Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Access to High-Quality Care

• Published in: Invisible Wounds of War p. 245
• Main Authors: M. Audrey Burnam, Lisa S. Meredith, Todd C. Helmus, Rachel M. Burns, Robert A. Cox, Elizabeth DʹAmico, Laurie T. Martin, Mary E. Vaiana, Kayla M. Williams, Michael R. Yochelson
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 08-05-2008
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Anxiety disorders; Armed forces; Behavioral sciences; Brain damage; Clinical psychology; Depressive disorders; Health and wellness; Health care industry; Health care services; Health sciences; Major depressive disorder; Medical conditions; Mental health; Mental health services; Mental illness; Military defense; Military personnel; Military science; Mood disorders; Nervous system trauma; Physical trauma; Political science; Post traumatic stress disorder; Primary health care; Psychology; Soldiers; Traumatic brain injury; Traumatic stress disorders; Veterans
• ISBN: 9780833044532; 0833044532

How can we best provide services for military personnel who are suffering from mental health and cognitive problems? The answer to that question is the focus of Chapter Seven.
We examine the health care services available to military servicemembers who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, or who have suffered a traumatic brain injury during their deployment.
We also examine gaps in these services, with the goal of supporting efforts to meet the mental health and cognitive needs of returning OEF/OIF servicemembers and veterans. We consider two kinds of service gaps:gaps in access