Chronic Homelessness:

• Prevention of chronic homelessness:  Critical Time Intervention at www.criticaltime.org.
• Case Management for Homeless Veterans:  http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/58/7/929

Centers on Evidence-based Practices:

• Veterans Evidence-Based Research Dissemination Implementation Center (VERDICT)
  VERDICT’s mission is to foster a knowledge-based health care system in which clinical, managerial, and policy decisions are based upon sound information from research findings. The multidisciplinary team addresses systematic implementation of evidence in clinical practice within the Veterans Health Administration, leading to integrated models of care and improved service, quality and efficiency. The primary academic affiliate is the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.  UT Health Science Center investigators were recently awarded a $25 million grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) to lead a research consortium “STRONG STAR” in which VERDICT is participating to study post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. San Antonio is also home to the San Antonio Military Medical Center (formed from Brooke Army Medical Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center) and the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, which respectively serve as one of the major trauma centers and the only burn center for all military personnel worldwide.  http://www.verdict.research.va.gov/.

• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has established 14 Evidence-based Practice Centers across the country.  One is the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center, a collaboration of University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (http://www.mnepc.org/).   In 2008, it published the report, Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care (http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/mhsapc/mhsapc.pdf).  Three other Evidence-based Practice Centers with VA affiliations are Duke University (https://www.dcri.org/our-services/outcomes/outcomes-research-and-assessment-group/our-signature-projects/?searchterm=Evidence-based practice center),  Southern California EPC (http://www.rand.org/health/centers/epc/) , and Portland, Oregon EPC (http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epc/ohsuepc.htm).

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Office of Quality and Performance, Department of Veterans Affairs, issues clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in a variety of health and behavioral health topics, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders (http://www.healthquality.va.gov/).  This Office also recommends specific practices.

Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC):  http://www.mirecc.va.gov/apps/activities/products/products.asp
Established by Congress, MIRECCs conduct research into the causes and treatments of mental disorders and uses education to put new knowledge into routine clinical practice in the VA.  Their website lists manuals and clinical workbooks for clinicians.

VA Polytrauma System of Care:  http://www.polytrauma.va.gov

This website is for veterans and servicemembers that have experienced injuries to more than one physical region or organ system, and which results in physical, cognitive, psychological, or psychosocial impairments and functional disability.  It provides a map of the 4 Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers and the 17 Polytrauma Network Sites across the country.