Regional Care Coordinators Laurie T. Martin; Coreen Farris; Andrew M. Parker ...
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program,
08/2013
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Given CCP’s decentralized administrative structure, most RCCs must be able to work independently and, in some ways, run their own “offices.” Administrators at CCP headquarters note that they ...explicitly hire for this trait and also expect and encourage independent functioning. Perhaps in part due to this requirement, the program hires a cadre of highly skilled and educated care coordinators. Other case management programs may rely on bachelors-level staff, but CCP recruits licensed clinicians. Thus, the RCCs themselves are one of the unique and innovative components of the program.
Each RCC is a licensed nurse or has a masters-level education in
References Laurie T. Martin; Coreen Farris; Andrew M. Parker ...
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program,
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Acknowledgements Laurie T. Martin; Coreen Farris; Andrew M. Parker ...
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program,
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Introduction Laurie T. Martin; Coreen Farris; Andrew M. Parker ...
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program,
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Between 2001 and 2011, 2.2 million service members were deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) (Sayer, 2011). In the era of the all-volunteer force, ...the pace and demands of these conflicts have led to longer and more frequent deployments and historically high levels of participation by reserve forces (Hosek, Kavanagh and Miller, 2006; Chu, Speakes, and Gardner, 2007). Improvised explosive devices have been used extensively against U.S. forces during these conflicts and have been one of the leading causes of death. Injuries among those who survive an improvised explosive device blast often include
In August 2012, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to improve the behavioral health care of veterans, service members, and their families through several measures, including increasing ...capacity for health care at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), promoting research for effective treatments, and promoting suicide-prevention efforts (DoD, VA, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services DHHS, 2013; Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, 2012). In addition, this order called for collaboration between the VHA and DHHS to identify local community partners to improve access to care for veterans in the community. In August 2014, the President
OVERVIEW Terri Tanielian; Coreen Farris; Caroline Epley ...
Ready to Serve,
11/2014
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Addressing the mental health needs of military service members, veterans, and their families is a national priority and the focus of many efforts at the federal, state, and local levels.¹ Over the ...past decade, several studies have documented the extent of the need for mental health treatment among this population, and billions of dollars have been invested to expand the capacity of the systems designed to support veterans and their families at multiple levels and across sectors.² The White House and Congress have been working directly with the Department of Defense (DoD) and and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE Terri Tanielian; Coreen Farris; Caroline Epley ...
Ready to Serve,
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As veterans and their families seek care to address mental health concerns, they will be turning to providers working across multiple sectors. This study aimed to assess the readiness of those mental ...health providers working in community settings. While multiple factors may facilitate or inhibit a provider’s ability to deliver high-quality care—including the system-level incentives and treatment models employed within their settings—we focused on those related to the characteristics of the providers themselves. To do so, we examined the characteristics of a convenience-based sample of mental health professionals and assessed their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors with respect to
RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS Terri Tanielian; Coreen Farris; Caroline Epley ...
Ready to Serve,
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We recruited a total of 522 mental health care professionals to participate in the survey (Table 3). Respondents included roughly equal groups (by design) of psychiatrists (n=128), psychologists ...(n=127), social workers (n=132), and licensed counselors (n=135). The majority of participants across professions were female (60 percent) with some variation by profession (the majority of psychiatrists—77 percent—were male).28Respondents generally worked full time. In addition, participants reported seeing the majority of their patients (77 percent on average) in outpatient settings in the most recent typical work week, and smaller percentages of patients (17 percent on average) were seen in
