title: Opioid and other substance misuse, overdose risk, and the potential for prevention among a sample of OEF/OIF veterans in New York City.
abstract: This paper describes veterans' overdose risks and specific vulnerabilities through an analysis of qualitative data collected from a sample of recently separated, formerly enlisted OEF/OIF veterans in the New York City area. We illustrate how challenges to the civilian readjustment process such as homelessness, unemployment, and posttraumatic stress disorder can render veterans at increased risk for negative health consequences and then present veterans' perspectives as they outline several innovative solutions to these obstacles. We conclude by discussing several overdose prevention efforts currently underway and how they might be adapted to meet the opioid and substance misuse challenges veterans face.
authors.affiliation: National Development and Research Institutes, ISPR, New York, New York 10010, USA. bennett@ndri.org
authors.forename: Alex S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Luther
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golub
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000009:adverse effects; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*