Whole Health Use and Interest Across Veterans With Co-Occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD: An Examination of the 18 VA Medical Center Flagship Sites.

David E ReedBarbara G BokhourLauren GajAnna M BarkerJamie H DouglasRian DeFaccioRhonda M WilliamsCharles C EngelSteven B Zeliadt

Published in: Global advances in health and medicine (2022)

Early implementation efforts in VHA led to high rates of use of Core Whole Health and CIH therapy use among Veterans with co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD. Future assessments should examine how well these additional services are meeting the needs of Veterans in both groups.

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