Alcohol & Substance Abuse

AfterDeployment - Controlling Alcohol & Drugs

Teaches how to identify substance use problems. Offers an assessment, an electronic-library, game-based simulations, and narrator-guided self-help workshops.

Alcohol & Drug Use After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Why Not?

Newsletter discusses drug and alcohol use in persons with TBI. This newsletter is also available in Spanish. Document is in .pdf format.

Alcohol & Its Effects

Presentation on alcohol and its biological and behavioral effects. Document is in .ppt format.

Army Center for Substance Abuse Programs

If you are a soldier and are wondering if you or someone you know has a substance abuse problem, call your local installation's Army Substance Abuse Program Office or Military OneSource at 1-800-342-9647.

Dual Diagnosis Fact Sheet

Provides basic information about dual diagnosis. A person who has both an alcohol or drug problem and an emotional/psychiatric problem is said to have a dual diagnosis. Find help in your state.

Mental Health Resources for Returning Veterans & Their Families

Information for returning veterans and their families about prevention, treatment and recovery support for mental health and substance use disorders. Include resources for military families coping with trauma.

Mental Health Screening Tool

Anonymous self-assessments are available for depression, bipolar disorder, alcohol use, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder. Results and resources are listed at the end of every assessment.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Problems with Alcohol Use

Fact sheet from the National Center for PTSD on the link between PTSD and alcohol abuse. Document is in .pdf format.

Substance Abuse Treatment Centers

Find a drug and alcohol abuse treatment program near you. Read the fact sheet, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Hurts Everyone in the Family.

That Guy

A multimedia program that uses online and offline communication geared toward reducing alcohol abuse among young service men and women.

The National Council - Veterans Health Care

Provides treatment and rehabilitation to help people, including veterans, recover from mental illnesses and addiction disorders. Also includes an overview of veterans behavioral health care legislation in 2007, including legislation related to mental health and substance use treatment and alternative sentencing.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Information and resources include alternative medicine, coping, alcohol and substance abuse, mental health, financial assistance and family and children.

Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment

Information about veterans and alcohol and/or substance abuse.

You & Alcohol Fact Sheet

Information on overuse of alcohol and impacts on health, fitness, readiness, social relationships, family and work. Document is in .pdf format.
  • The White House: President George W. Bush
  • USA.gov: The U.S. government's official web portal.

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