• Substance use & misuse · Jul 2013

    Observational Study

    Rationale and methods of the Substance Use and Psychological Injury Combat Study (SUPIC): a longitudinal study of Army service members returning from deployment in FY2008-2011.

    • Mary Jo Larson, Rachel Sayko Adams, Beth A Mohr, Alex H S Harris, Elizabeth L Merrick, Wendy Funk, Keith Hofmann, Nikki R Wooten, Diana D Jeffery, and Thomas V Williams.
    • Institute for Behavioral Health, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA. larson@brandeis.edu
    • Subst Use Misuse. 2013 Jul 1;48(10):863-79.

    AbstractThe Substance Use and Psychological Injury Combat Study (SUPIC) will examine whether early detection and intervention for post-deployment problems among Army Active Duty and National Guard/Reservists returning from Iraq or Afghanistan are associated with improved long-term substance use and psychological outcomes. This paper describes the rationale and significance of SUPIC, and presents demographic and deployment characteristics of the study sample (N = 643,205), and self-reported alcohol use and health problems from the subsample with matched post-deployment health assessments (N = 487,600). This longitudinal study aims to provide new insight into the long-term post-deployment outcomes of Army members by combining service member data from the Military Health System and Veterans Health Administration.

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