Karen Chan Osilla

This study compares the behavioral health of racial/ethnic minority, women, and sexual minority service members to their majority group peers and examines minority-majority group differences in the military versus civilian population. Understanding whether minority group service members experience differences in behavioral health can assist the Department of Defense in targeting its efforts to improve force readiness.

This manual presents RE-thinking Avenues for Change (REACH), a 12-session cognitive behavioral therapy developed for clients with a first-time driving under the influence (DUI) offense. Each session is interactive and encourages clients to share ideas and information; examine the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that put them at risk for drinking and driving; learn or enhance existing coping skills; and provide group members with peer support.

This report summarizes insights about prescription drug misuse (PDM) among active-duty personnel. It also presents the framework of an analytic tool that, once informed by data available to the military but not available to the authors, can help the military predict future trends in PDM based on current demographics of active-duty service members and rates of injury and prescribing of prescription drugs.

To help the U. S. Air Force gain greater insight into the well-being of its members who have sustained mental or physical injuries in combat or combat-related situations, this report gauges the current status of the Air Force s wounded warriors, including their use of and satisfaction with Air Force programs designed to serve them. It presents the baseline findings from a longitudinal analysis of enrollees in the Air Force Wounded Warrior program who were receiving benefits or undergoing evaluation to receive benefits."

This RAND study aimed to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel after deployment. Data collected from families and resource providers offer insights on how well these personnel and their families fare after deployment, the challenges they face during that time frame, the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase, and how to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible.