Exhibit 2:
Likelihood of a post-deployment follow-up behavioral health visit or alcohol use disorder diagnosis, by post-deployment alcohol screening results and pre-deployment alcohol use disorder diagnosis status (n = 379,238)
| Had a follow-up behavioral health visit | Received an alcohol use disorder diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 133995 (35.3%) | n = 13224 (3.5%) | ||||
| n | Percent | n | Percent | ||
| Post-deployment alcohol screening result | |||||
| No/low risk | 73848 | 32.7% | 5126 | 2.3% | |
| At-risk | 40580 | 35.8% | 3858 | 3.4% | |
| Severe alcohol use | 19567 | 48.5% | 4240 | 10.5% | |
| Alcohol use disorder diagnosis pre-deployment | |||||
| Yes | 5241 | 52.3% | 1830 | 18.3% | |
| No | 128754 | 34.9% | 11394 | 3.1% | |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the Substance Use and Psychological Injury Combat study of Soldiers who completed the Post-deployment Health Re-Assessment after return from a deployment associated with the Afghanistan or Iraq conflicts in fiscal years 2008–2013.
NOTES Alcohol screening results were derived from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-consumption items. Receipt of a follow-up behavioral health visit and alcohol use disorder diagnosis were assessed within 150 days following completion of the Post-deployment Health Re-Assessment.