Health Services Research & Development

• Richards JE, Shortreed SM, Simon GE, Penfold RB, Glass JE, Ziebell R, Williams EC. Short-term risk of suicide attempt associated with patterns of patient-reported alcohol use determined by routine AUDIT-C among adults receiving mental healthcare. General hospital psychiatry. 2019 Dec 18; 62:79-86.
• Williams EC, Bobb JF, Lee AK, Ludman EJ, Richards JE, Hawkins EJ, Merrill JO, Saxon AJ, Lapham GT, Matson TE, Chavez LJ, Caldeiro R, Greenberg DM, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA. Effect of a Care Management Intervention on 12-Month Drinking Outcomes Among Patients With and Without DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence at Baseline. Journal of general internal medicine. 2019 Dec 10.
• Jacobson IG, Williams EC, Seelig AD, Littman AJ, Maynard CC, Bricker JB, Rull RP, Boyko EJ, Millennium Cohort Study Team. Longitudinal Investigation of Military-specific Factors Associated With Continued Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among a Large US Military Cohort. Journal of addiction medicine. 2019 Dec 9.
• Bertholet N, Daeppen JB, Studer J, Williams EC, Cunningham JA, Gmel G, Burnand B. A randomized trial of brief web-based prevention of unhealthy alcohol use: Participant self-selection compared to a male young adult source population. Internet interventions. 2020 Mar 1; 19:100298.
• Satre DD, Sarovar V, Leyden W, Hare CB, Catz SL, Bryant KJ, Williams EC, Hojilla JC, Horberg MA, Silverberg MJ. Changes in Days of Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence, HIV RNA Levels, and Condomless Sex: A Secondary Analysis of Clinical Trial Data. AIDS and behavior. 2019 Nov 26.

» View more Citations

• Past Year Opioid Misuse Associated with Past-Year Suicide Attempt among High-Risk Veterans
  The main objective of this study was to test the relationship between past-year suicide attempt and past-year opioid misuse among Veterans at high risk of suicide who also reported using at least one illicit substance or alcohol in the past year. Findings showed that past-year opioid misuse was associated with past-year, but not lifetime, suicide attempt in high suicide-risk Veterans: 82% of opioi...
  
  Date: December 1, 2019
• History of Military Sexual Trauma Common among Older Women Veterans
  This study sought to determine the prevalence of military sexual trauma (MST) among older women Veterans – and investigate associations between MST and medical and mental health diagnoses. Findings showed that a history of MST was common among older women Veterans. Positive MST screens were observed in nearly 1 in 5 women aged 55-64, and 1 in 10 aged 65-74. [This is similar to the 23% prevalence f...
  
  Date: November 11, 2019
• Post 9/11 Veterans Less Likely to Delay Mental Health Treatment
  This study compared delay of treatment for PTSD, major depressive disorder (MDD), and/or alcohol-use disorder (AUD) among post-9/11 Veterans relative to pre-9/11 Veterans and civilians. Findings showed that post-9/11 Veterans were less likely than both pre-9/11 Veterans and civilians to delay mental health treatment for PTSD and depression. Median time to PTSD treatment was 2.5 years for post-9/11...
  
  Date: March 7, 2019
• Veterans More Likely than Non-Veterans to Receive Both Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse
  This study sought to describe receipt of alcohol screening and brief intervention across Veteran status in a sample of U.S. residents receiving healthcare. Overall, Veterans were more likely than non-Veterans to be screened for both quantity of alcohol use (69% vs. 64%) and heavy episodic drinking (36% vs. 29%). Male Veterans were less likely than male non-Veterans to endorse heavy episodic drinki...
  
  Date: December 1, 2018
• No Decrease in Drinking among Veterans despite Alcohol-Related Nurse Care Management Intervention in Primary Care
  The Choosing Healthier Drinking Options in Primary Care (CHOICE) intervention was designed to improve drinking outcomes by engaging Veterans at high risk for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in patient-centered, alcohol-related care. Investigators in this study examined whether 12 months of alcohol care management via the CHOICE intervention – compared with usual primary care – improved drinking outco...
  
  Date: May 1, 2018

» View more Publication Briefs

» View more Studies

• Management Briefs eBrief-no94 - E-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse
  ...March 2015 E-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse The economic, social, and health burden of alcohol misuse is widely recognized, as is the need for...
  
  
• e-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse
  ...e-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse e-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse Subscribe to the ESP Report RSS feed e-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no94
  ...of all Management eBriefs Issue 94 March 2015 E-Interventions for Alcohol Misuse The economic, social, and health burden of alcohol misuse is...
  
  
• In Progress: Improving the Safety of Prescription Opioid Use among Veterans
  ...alcohol use) in the past 12 months (n=62,089), the prevalence of alcohol misuse was 11% and 9% among men and women, respectively. Of the Veterans...
  
  
• HSR&D Impacts
  ...HSR&D Impacts HSR&D Impacts Health Services Reserach and Development Service Impacts 2001 » Back to main Impacts page Message from the Director...
  
  

» View more Publications

» View more Cyberseminars

Videos

• Support for Veterans with Substance Use Disorders 01/18/18
• Web-Based Interventions for Substance Use Disorder Treatment 12/18/17

Podcasts

• Opioids and PTSD 07/20/2017

Other Resources

• Visit the VA’s National Center for Health Promotion’s alcohol use information
• Visit the VA Office of Research & Development topic page to learn more about other VA research into alcohol misuse.
• Visit the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism website.