Preventing, identifying, and treating prescription drug misuse among active-duty service members / Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Sarah B. Hunter, Allison J. Ober, Karen Chan Osilla, Raffaele Vardavas, Janice C. Blanchard, David DeVries, Emmanuel F. Drabo, Kristin J. Leuschner, Warren Stewart, Jennifer Walters.

"Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is of critical concern for the military because of its potential impact on military readiness, the health and well-being of military personnel, and associated health care costs. The purpose of this report is to summarize insights gleaned from a series of activiti...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Misuse Among Active-Duty Service Members -- RAND Corporation Publications
Main Authors: Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, 1968- (Author), Hunter, Sarah B., 1968- (Author), Ober, Allison J. (Author), Osilla, Karen Chan (Author), Vardavas, Raffaele (Author), Blanchard, Janice C. (Author), DeVries, David (Writer on medication abuse) (Author), Drabo, Emmanuel F. (Author), Leuschner, Kristin (Author), Stewart, Warren (Writer on medication abuse) (Author), Walters, Jennifer (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Figures and tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Literature review of military and civilian practices and guidelines for prescription drug misuse
  • U.S. Department of Defense policies
  • Clinical practice guidelines, consensus statements, and published systematic reviews
  • Systematic review of original studies in the research literature
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Designing a tool to assist in identifying prescription drug misuse among current and future active-duty service members
  • 4. Our qualitative assessment of military health providers' views on prescription drug misuse
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Limitations of our approach
  • Findings
  • 5. Recommendations and conclusions
  • Appendixes
  • Bibliography.