ArticleMedical care2015
Sex differences in mental health and substance use disorders and treatment entry among justice-involved Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration.
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- Associations between justice involvement and PTSD and depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among post-9/11 veterans.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2021Article
- Housing First: Unsuppressed Viral Load Among Women Living with HIV in San Francisco.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- A scoping review of military veterans involved in the criminal justice system and their health and healthcare.Health & justice · 2019Article
- Receipt of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder by justice-involved women in the Veterans Health Administration.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2019Article
- Profiles of Quality of Life in a Homeless Population.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Research Literature (2008-2015).Journal of general internal medicine · 2017Review
- Sex Differences in Opioid Use Disorder Prevalence and Multimorbidity Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration.Journal of dual diagnosisArticle
- Gender Differences in Use of Complementary and Integrative Health by U.S. Military Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOver half of veterans in the criminal justice system have mental health or substance use disorders. However, there is a critical lack of information about female veterans in the criminal justice system and how diagnosis prevalence and treatment entry differ by sex.
objectivesTo document prevalence of mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses and treatment entry rates among female veterans compared with male veterans in the justice system. RESEARCH
designRetrospective cohort study using national Veterans Health Administration clinical/administrative data from veterans seen by Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists in fiscal years 2010-2012. SUBJECTS: A total of 1535 females and 30,478 male veterans were included. MEASURES: Demographic characteristics (eg, sex, age, residence, homeless status), mental health disorders (eg, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder), substance use disorders (eg, alcohol and opioid use disorders), and treatment entry (eg, outpatient, residential, pharmacotherapy).
resultsAmong female veterans, prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders was 88% and 58%, respectively, compared with 76% and 72% among male veterans. Women had higher odds of being diagnosed with a mental health disorder [adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=1.98; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.68-2.34] and lower odds of being diagnosed with a substance use disorder (AOR=0.50; 95% CI, 0.45-0.56) compared with men. Women had lower odds of entering mental health residential treatment (AOR=0.69; 95% CI, 0.57-0.83).
conclusionsFemale veterans involved in the justice system have a high burden of mental health disorders (88%) and more than half have substance use disorders (58%). Entry to mental health residential treatment for women is an important quality improvement target.
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