Health Services Research & Development

• Timko C, Grant KM, Cucciare MA. Functioning of Concerned Others When Adults Enter Treatment for an Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 2019 Sep 1; 43(9):1986-1993.
• Schweizer CA, Hoggatt KJ, Washington DL, Bean-Mayberry B, Yano EM, Mitchell MN, Alessi CA, Martin JL. Use of alcohol as a sleep aid, unhealthy drinking behaviors, and sleeping pill use among women veterans. Sleep health. 2019 Aug 12.
• Norberg MM, Newins AR, Crone C, Ham LS, Henry A, Mills L, Dennis PA. Why are caffeinated alcoholic beverages especially risky? Addictive Behaviors. 2019 Jul 26; 98:106062.
• Hagedorn HJ, Wisdom JP, Gerould H, Pinsker E, Brown R, Dawes M, Dieperink E, Myrick DH, Oliva EM, Wagner TH, Harris AHS. Implementing alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy in primary care settings: a qualitative analysis of provider-identified barriers and impact on implementation outcomes. Addiction science & clinical practice. 2019 Jul 10; 14(1):24.
• Blalock DV, Calhoun PS, Crowley MJ, Dedert EA. Telehealth Treatment for Alcohol Misuse: Reviewing Telehealth Approaches to Increase Engagement and Reduce Risk of Alcohol-Related Hypertension. Current Hypertension Reports. 2019 Jun 17; 21(8):59.

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• 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
• VA Successfully Implements Interferon-free Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus in Previously Undertreated Patient Populations
  This study examined the adoption of interferon-free treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in VA to learn who received this therapy and whether the limitations of interferon-containing treatments have been overcome, including low rates of use among VA healthcare users who are African American or Hispanic, and among those with HCV-HIV co-infection. Findings showed that with the advent of interferon-...
  
  Date: March 7, 2018
• Greater Risk of Opioid Prescription Overlap in Veterans Using Medicare Part D–Reimbursed Pharmacies
  This study sought to identify trends in dispensed prescriptions for opioids and the frequency of overlapping days’ supply of prescriptions for opioid medications in Veterans dually eligible for VA and Medicare Part D benefits. Findings showed that over the study period, there was an increasing reliance on the use of Part D–reimbursed pharmacies for opioid prescriptions among Veterans. Although opi...
  
  Date: May 1, 2017

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• 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 - 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

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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.