One of the SUD CREATE investigators is Christine Timko, Ph.D., a senior research career scientist at the Palo Alto VA studying the problem of how to deliver SUD treatment to veterans who’ve been discharged from inpatient detoxification programs. For a variety of reasons – some of them patie...
as well as individuals who are unable or unwilling to commit to inpatient treatment. Data from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) shows that during 2013, there were 42 residential inpatient drug rehabs and 14 hospital inpatient treatment programs operational in Virg...
some difficulty to extreme difficulty in the social functioning, productivity, community involvement, and self-care domains. At least one third reported divorce, dangerous driving, increased substance use, and anger control problems since returning from deployment. An estimated 41 % had probable PTSD, ...
VA Immersive has deployed more than 1,200 VR headsets across more than 160 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The technology has been implemented in both inpatient and outpatient settings and is now being deployed in patient homes. Accordin...