SynthesisThe American journal on addictions2016
The epidemiology of substance use disorders in US Veterans: A systematic review and analysis of assessment methods.
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- Evaluating a Mobile Health Intervention (GUIDE App) for First Responders, Military Personnel, and Veterans: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Network analysis of reasons for and against changing alcohol use among veterans engaged in a web-based intervention for hazardous drinking and PTSD symptoms.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- Computerized Relational Agent to Deliver Alcohol Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment in Primary Care: a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Trial
- Understanding motives for and against hazardous drinking and change among returning veterans.Psychological services · 2021Trial
- Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder by Sex in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005-2019.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Expectancies for alcohol analgesia and drinking behavior among veterans with chronic pain: The moderating role of discrimination in medical settings.The American journal on addictions · 2025Article
- Traumatic brain injury exacerbates alcohol consumption and neuroinflammation with decline in cognition and cholinergic activity.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Artificial Intelligence-Enabled, Real-time Risk Monitoring for Substance Use Recovery in Veterans: An Initial Evaluation of the Behaivior Recovery Platform.Military medicine · 2025Article
- Substance use and use disorders among Veterans on long-term opioid therapy.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Cannabis legalization and cannabis use disorder in United States Veterans Health Administration patients with and without psychiatric disorders, 2005-2022: a repeated cross-sectional study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Cannabis Use Among Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Gambling and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Military Veterans: Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Suicide Risk.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- Exploring Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Substance Dependence and Serious Psychological Distress among US Veterans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Recreational and At-Risk/Problematic Gambling Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences (NV-HOPE) Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- Associations Between a Primary Care-Delivered Alcohol-Related Brief Intervention and Subsequent Opioid-Related Outcomes.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Recreational and At-Risk/Problematic Gambling in a National Sample of U.S. Military Veterans.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- Chronic Pain, Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005 to 2019.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Approach avoidance training versus Sham in veterans with alcohol use disorder: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Working Toward a Gold Standard: The Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) Versus the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcohol Scale (CIWA-Ar).Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2023Article
- State Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder in the US Veterans Health Administration, 2005 to 2019.JAMA psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubstance use disorders (SUDs), which encompass alcohol and drug use disorders (AUDs, DUDs), constitute a major public health challenge among US veterans. SUDs are among the most common and costly of all health conditions among veterans.
objectivesThis study sought to examine the epidemiology of SUDs among US veterans, compare the prevalence of SUDs in studies using diagnostic and administrative criteria assessment methods, and summarize trends in the prevalence of SUDs reported in studies sampling US veterans over time.
methodsComprehensive electronic database searches were conducted. A total of 3,490 studies were identified. We analyzed studies sampling US veterans and reporting prevalence, distribution, and examining AUDs and DUDs.
resultsOf the studies identified, 72 met inclusion criteria. The studies were published between 1995 and 2013. Studies using diagnostic criteria reported higher prevalence of AUDs (32% vs. 10%) and DUDs (20% vs. 5%) than administrative criteria, respectively. Regardless of assessment method, both the lifetime and past year prevalence of AUDs in studies sampling US veterans has declined gradually over time.
conclusionThe prevalence of SUDs reported in studies sampling US veterans are affected by assessment method. Given the significant public health problems of SUDs among US veterans, improved guidelines for clinical screening using validated diagnostic criteria to assess AUDs and DUDs in US veteran populations are needed. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: These findings may inform VA and other healthcare systems in prevention, diagnosis, and intervention for SUDs among US veterans.
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