Understanding Military Workforce Productivity Effects of Substance Abuse, Health, and Mental Health /

• Main Authors: Bray, Robert M. (Author), Hourani, Laurel L. (Author), Williams, Jason (Author), Lane, Marian E. (Author), Marsden, Mary Ellen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

From the stresses of repeated deployments to the difficulties of re-entry into civilian life, we are just beginning to understand how protracted conflicts, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, are affecting service members. Issues such as risky health behaviors and chemical dependence raise produc...

Table of Contents:

• Health and Behavioral Health in the Military
• Methodology
• Substance Abuse
• Health Behaviors and Health Status
• Stress and Mental Health
• Productivity Loss Associated with Substance Use, Physical Health, and Mental Health
• Summary and Implications of Findings.