Military Health and Health Care

Mental Health Treatment
commentary
Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner, Harold Alan Pincus
May 23, 2022
The RAND Blog
Access to behavioral health services is one of the top challenges for the U.S. health care system, due in part to a shortage of licensed mental health providers. One potential solution to expanding the behavioral health workforce can be found in the U.S. military.
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Military Health and Health Care
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Inequitable Marine Corps Body Composition Policies and Their Impact on the Health of the Force
Joslyn Fleming @joslynmfleming, Jeannette Gaudry Haynie
Mar 25, 2022
The RAND Blog
The Marine Corps Body Composition and Military Appearance Program is potentially harming Marines. The Marine Corps should consider pausing the policy while it further examines its effects on individual health and considers developing a new health-focused policy that includes requirements designed to reflect the diversity of the force.
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Russia
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Keeping Russians Informed, No-Fly Zone Policy, Telehealth: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 18, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on how to ensure Russians have access to accurate news about the war in Ukraine, strategic considerations for keeping a no-fly zone option on the table, treating pain conditions among U.S. service members, and more.
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Military Health and Health Care
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Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members
Justin Hummer, Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner
Sep 22, 2021
RealClearDefense
Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, but they do not receive the same physical and mental health care coverage provided to their active-duty counterparts. It may be time to explore policy solutions to ensure that these service members have access to high-quality mental health care.
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Public Health Preparedness
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Trust in the CDC, Teaching Students with Disabilities, Russian Mercenaries: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 9, 2021
This weekly recap focuses declining trust in the CDC, insights from educators about teaching students with disabilities, Russian mercenaries, and more.
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Military Health and Health Care
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All Veterans with Invisible Wounds Should Receive High-Quality Care That Meets These Standards
Carrie M. Farmer @carriefarmer, Lu Dong @LuDongPhD, Kacie Kelly
Oct 30, 2020
The RAND Blog
Millions of post-9/11 U.S. military veterans experience life-changing invisible wounds, including posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic issues resulting from traumatic brain injuries. While effective treatments are available, many veterans lack access to high-quality care. And what high-quality care means, exactly, has been elusive.
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Military Health and Health Care
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Pandemics and the U.S. Military: Lessons from 1918
Michael Shurkin
Apr 1, 2020
War on the Rocks
Military leaders today face a more benign security environment than their predecessors did during the 1918 Spanish flu. The U.S. military is engaged in operations abroad, but it's not fighting a great-power war. The Pentagon has every reason to focus on stemming the COVID-19 pandemic even if it has to absorb some downgrade in readiness.
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State of the Union 2020: Insights from RAND
Feb 5, 2020
The final State of the Union address of President Trump's four-year term may be viewed through the lens of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the evening. But the speech touched on a range of policy challenges that will remain, regardless of how politics play out in 2020.
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Health Care Workforce
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Review of Behavioral Health Technician Training, Policies, and Practice Identifies New Opportunities
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Bradley Blair, Aimee Ruscio, Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner
Oct 15, 2019
The RAND Blog
Behavioral health technicians are trained to be an essential part of the mental health clinical team, serving as provider extenders who work alongside and support licensed mental health providers. What are the factors that affect these roles? And how can the Military Health System most effectively incorporate them into mental health care settings?
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Combat Support Operations
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Lives on the Line: The A2AD Challenge to Combat Casualty Care
Marta Kepe @martakepe
Jul 31, 2018
Modern War Institute (West Point)
Countries such as Russia and China continue to develop and expand the ability to integrate long-range strike, anti-ship, anti-air, space and cyber abilities. Provision of medical support could be a worthy priority for NATO planners when considering deterrence of and defense against near-peer or peer adversaries.
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Suicide
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Comparing Suicide Rates: Making an Apples to Apples Comparison
Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand
Apr 2, 2018
The Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention
As the national suicide rate continues to rise, an increasing number of stakeholders are looking within their own communities and asking: “Do we have a suicide problem?” It's a difficult question to answer.
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Military Caregivers
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Military Caregivers Share the Costs of War
Oct 30, 2017
Millions of veterans and service members receive care from family and friends who need support as well. Military caregivers sacrifice their time, their jobs, and even their health to provide a service worth billions of dollars to the United States.
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Military Health and Health Care
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The Lack of Clarity Over Medical Support for Light Footprint Operations and How It Could Be Solved
Susanne Sondergaard, Marta Kepe @martakepe
Sep 19, 2017
Pan European Networks
Early identification and planning for medical support for EU-led military operations are vital to saving lives, treating injuries and keeping personnel healthy. Common standards would ensure high-quality and consistent medical support regardless of which country is providing it.
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Military Personnel Retention
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Military Power Is All About People: A Return to Personnel Policy
Radha Iyengar Plumb, Brad R. Carson, Amy Schafer, John D. Winkler
Jul 27, 2017
War on the Rocks
Ensuring the strength of U.S. armed forces is critical to U.S. national security and the key source of strength is its people. True investment in personnel is a long-term legacy and an investment worthy of attention and policy debate to ensure the United States continues to recruit and retain the most effective fighting force in the world.
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Gender Equity in the Workplace
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Transgender Troops: Fit to Serve
Aug 18, 2016
The Pentagon's decision to open the ranks to transgender service members was informed by months of RAND research into the costs and numbers involved.
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Military Families
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'In the Deployment Life Study, I Saw My Own Family'
M. M. Smith
Jul 18, 2016
SpouseBUZZ
RAND's Deployment Life Study was designed to examine how deployment affects the health and well-being of military families. M.M. Smith, an active-duty military spouse, offers her response to the study.
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Quoted

The strength of NATO is that it is at its essence an ongoing consultation based on trust, and where needed a central meeting point for smaller groups of allies to collaborate on an issue-by-issue basis. Finland and Sweden could benefit by working from the outset to advance the dialogue, express their interests, and help to shape what can be a stronger, smarter NATO.

Gene Germanovich

International Defense Researcher

Source: United Press International

The world is two-and-a-half years into COVID-19, facing another international and national emerging infectious disease outbreak with monkey pox, and experts have warned that such diseases are only becoming more likely. A serious reckoning beginning with a 9/11-like commission for COVID-19 could be undertaken to develop a system for preparing for and responding to emerging infectious diseases. Relying on “ad hoc-ery” may not be the best option.

Daniel M. Gerstein

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: The Hill

Hypothetical Scenarios of U.S.-China Conflict

Educators' Views on Politicized Topics in School

Learning, Relearning, and Not Learning the Lessons of COVID-19

Finnish and Swedish NATO Membership: Toward a Larger, Stronger, Smarter Alliance

Three Steps to Protect Communities from Climate Change

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Military Health and Health Care

Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System

Inequitable Marine Corps Body Composition Policies and Their Impact on the Health of the Force

Keeping Russians Informed, No-Fly Zone Policy, Telehealth: RAND Weekly Recap

Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members

Trust in the CDC, Teaching Students with Disabilities, Russian Mercenaries: RAND Weekly Recap

All Veterans with Invisible Wounds Should Receive High-Quality Care That Meets These Standards

Pandemics and the U.S. Military: Lessons from 1918

State of the Union 2020: Insights from RAND

Review of Behavioral Health Technician Training, Policies, and Practice Identifies New Opportunities

Lives on the Line: The A2AD Challenge to Combat Casualty Care

Comparing Suicide Rates: Making an Apples to Apples Comparison

Military Caregivers Share the Costs of War

The Lack of Clarity Over Medical Support for Light Footprint Operations and How It Could Be Solved

Military Power Is All About People: A Return to Personnel Policy

Transgender Troops: Fit to Serve

'In the Deployment Life Study, I Saw My Own Family'

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