No time to waste
Subtitle: evidence-based treatment for drug dependence at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
By: [written by Megan McLemore]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9781623131524
Subjects: Mental health; Homeless veterans; Drug abuse; Suicidal behavior; United States. Veterans Administration; United States; Treatment; Medical care; Veterans; Alcoholism; Prevention
Other titles: Evidence-based treatment for drug dependence at the United States Veterans Administration Department of Veterans Affairs; United States :
Description: "The 39-page report states that more than one million US veterans take prescription opioids for pain, and nearly half of them use the drugs "chronically," or beyond 90 days. Alcohol and drug dependence is strongly associated with homelessness and mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression, psychological conditions that affect 40 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in VA care. Drugs or alcohol are involved in 1 of 3 Army suicides, and the VA estimates that 22 veterans commit suicide each day"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "July, 2014"--Table of contents page.

"This report was written by Megan McLemore, senior researcher in the Health and Human Rights Division"--Page 39.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Recommendations. To the Veterans Administration and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development ; To the Veterans Health Administration ; To the United States Congress; title: Introduction. The Veterans Health Administration; title: Veterans at risk of drug overdose; title: Overdose prevention at the Veterans Health Administration; title: Evidence-based treatment for opioid dependence at the Veterans Health Administration; title: "Housing first" programs for homeless veterans; title: Drug dependence and human rights; title: Acknowledgements.