Report Finds Military Substance Abuse Care Is Inadequate
Report Finds Military Substance Abuse Care is Inadequate
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Researchers found that outdated approaches to prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorders, including barriers to care, compromise the U.S. Defense Department's ability to control substance use disorders among military service members and …
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Study: Level of military substance abuse now a 'public health crisis …
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Today, the military's approach to treating substance abuse “tends to be old-fashioned,” O'Brien said, noting the example of the military's reluctance to use medications that can combat cravings and in other ways help treat addiction, he said. “Modern …
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Military Not Doing Enough to Curb Alcohol, Drug Abuse, IOM Concludes
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He also said the military needs to understand that modern addiction treatment means using drugs like Suboxone, which has been used successfully in civilian life to treat opiate addiction, and Vivitrol, which reduces a patient's craving for alcohol or …
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