Mental Health of Afghanistan Veterans

This assignment focuses on the mental health issues experienced by Afghanistan veterans. It examines various conditions like PTSD, depression, and the impact of war-related experiences. The analysis delves into the role of the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system in providing support and treatment to these veterans. Research papers provided offer insights into diagnostic validity, prevalence rates, and the effectiveness of VA interventions for mental health concerns among this population.

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Problem Statement...............................................................................................................4
Purpose of the Study............................................................................................................5
References:..........................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The veteran department of USA is the most unique and exceptional service provider that
US government has delivered to their civilians. The representation of this service and the culture
of the deliverance have evolved better aspiration for the health system. This is a hospital-centric
mode and has served a large number of average Americans. Veteran Health Administration
(VHA) is the highest rated facility that integrated by the service organizer and fulfills the need of
veteran. This association deals with different sectors of health vulnerabilities and treated social
isolation, age, poverty, mental illness, homelessness or even for the insurance for poor people.
The high level of service and the medical virtue and critical engagement of dual eligibilities can
deliver the full-fledged deliverance to the American civilians. However, in this modern scenario,
there is a lack of service was seen from the department. Thus public trust was getting a threat.
They are not satisfied with the provided service that VHA offers. There excellences in
performance, culture of service and advance health care prohibitions are being neglected as there
was not enough quality expertise in their administration (Tsai et al. 2015). The quality of service
is the concern ailment in this section and for this reason; the civilians and the military department
of US have to lose their faith over them. This is the particular reason where good and effective
work culture implementation and depth analysis are needed (Oslin et al. 2014).
VHA has made a limited extent in these recent times which is not acceptable form the
civilians’ perspective. The quality is been lacking throughout the way, thus a high risk of people
was there and they are not want to challenge any danger in their life. There is no risk mitigation
plan and supervision of work culture as the capacity of the employees and expertise was not
enough (Hou et al. 2014). The concerned authority has to make a concern look over the matter as
lack of developing infrastructure and action plan may create the problem of the existence of

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these sectors. The organization has to serve a large number of people thus adequate accesses of
expertise and management quality must be enriched in an upgrade manner. This is the largest
integrated healthcare system that accumulated almost 1700 hospitals, thus their adjustment with
the patient and the nature of benefit in all aspect should be in an ethical manner so that proper
order of assistance will be provided from their end (Sayer et al. 2015). However, this is not
happening as the acceleration of their progression manner is too low to satisfy the clients.
There are some scopes of improvement in this health sector so that it makes clear in
dealing with the patients. Veteran service has to be improved as the hope and belief of American
civilians are depending on these so four themes and ten essential strategies that need to be
followed so that proper strategic planning and improvised technological aspect must be
maintained. Promotion of positive culture in service is one of the perspectives that make good
vision and values to the organization (Vaughan et al. 2014). If good behavior from the Veteran
Authority (VA) has done with the patients then their trust will grow up as well as the business of
them. Advance health innovation is another aspect that needs to take care for the development of
patient welfare. Veteran Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 have introduced new
opportunities in health services. Veteran infrastructure and outcome of that service will enhance
the physical and mental limit and also provide the service from outside places. The quality of VA
can be improved by the proper engagement of state, federal and community-based partners. This
partnership is already there but enhancement of service was not preferable enough. Some
modernized technological use of disease detection or some advanced equipment that ensures
treatment quality over there will be there for the beneficial up gradation for the VA (Theodoroff
et al. 2015). Increase the accountability and the supportive effect of operational management was
there so that the technological development can be sustained. Strategies like anticipated health

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care and meet the unique demands of the performance is the sustainable condition that has to be
imposed in this sector so that competitive advantages can prevail. The quality of service will
enhance if the following section will be maintained in this following order.
Problem Statement
The major problem in this management is the stagnant performing level. The influence
they have made earlier has implemented or established some new traditional methods of
treatment that needed to be changed as the need o new thing and the treatment methods must
have a variation that client prefers. Transformational action like reinvestment is structure,
planning of veteran demographics, need and care department, health care model analysis,
development of necessary effectiveness, complex care need all these are needed to be the
concern. The volume-outcome relationship with the patients will enhance as the excellence in
center and service prevails (Reeves, Parker & Konkle-Parker, 2016). Additional value like lean
management improved veteran service will attract more people can enhance their reputation in
the global aspect. There are some major problems with the healthcare facility, inadequate
expertise, technological stagnant situations, ambulatory medical care all these are needed to be
mitigated to make a quality healthcare side.
There are different patterns of medical service and these are established and implemented
in an ethical way so that disciplined trend and dependency will be maintained in VA. Online
pharmacy is an innovative process where civilians can take help from the online assistant
expertise (Elbogen et al. 2014). Education and training procedure must be there for the
development of the employees as well as for the expertise. The financial enhancement will only
be possible if people can trust over the infrastructural benefit they have found in this health
organization otherwise they will not come here. Vocational rehabilitation and life insurance

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facility also embrace the situational analysis and creating new treatment methods so that
traditional way of treatment must keep in aside and new technologies must be implemented to
the satisfaction of patients (Holowka et al. 2014). New technologies like machines, equipment,
and proceeding of emergency treatment are diagnosed by the core coordination as the newly
diagnosed form of VA has influenced by the government for the development and trust over the
treatment intervention.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the main study based on the improvement analysis of US Veteran
department of health care. The challenges they have to face for a long as they are suffered from
lack of quality in their work is being highlighted and examined in the process. The writing also
shed light on the evaluating treatment method and the imposed treatment analysis that needed for
the betterment of Veteran Affair. The Department of Veteran affair needs to enhance their
chances by implementing new strategies and advancement of technologies (Woods, Evans &
Frisbee, 2016). Therefore, critical analysis of patient changing the behavioral mindset and the
imposed new aspect of the organization can be the effective scenario of the development of VA.
Medical service patterns and the theme of developmental changes are found in the service
so that downfall in an aspect of patient rate can decrease and there must have the impact of up
gradation of client trust and involvedness. The gradual changes in between the patients or
civilians with Veteran health care will make a strong output and can relate the influencing
metamorphic treatment effectiveness (Byrne et al. 2014). The training methods and the
developing atmospheres of the VA enhance the chances for their professional skill and have
made a list of their problems. The solutions are also very relevant that they have to impose for
making trust and development to their organization. Patient health is the primary objective that

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veteran department has to serve. This is the premium responsibility that they have to cover by
any means. Thus surgical operation, gastro operations all these are supported by the
advancement mechanism of equipment. These equipments are also needed so that by the help of
that equipment necessary progress and primary responsibilities can be served by Veteran Affair.
Therefore, quality of service may get an advance modification by factorizing these treatment
methods in their organization. Different patterns of technology use and mitigating the problem
issues may enrich the quality of business and bring back the trust of civilians.

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Cromwell, T. (2014). The Department of Veterans Affairs’(VA) implementation of the
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Elbogen, E. B., Johnson, S. C., Wagner, H. R., Sullivan, C., Taft, C. T., & Beckham, J. C.
(2014). Violent behaviour and post-traumatic stress disorder in US Iraq and Afghanistan
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Holowka, D. W., Marx, B. P., Gates, M. A., Litman, H. J., Ranganathan, G., Rosen, R. C., &
Keane, T. M. (2014). PTSD diagnostic validity in Veterans Affairs electronic records of
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