Sleep Deprivation
Obtaining inadequate sleep to support adequate daytime alertness.
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Obtaining inadequate sleep to support adequate daytime alertness.
The deferral or elimination of specific illnesses and conditions by one or more interventions of proven efficacy.
The Uniformed Services includes the:
Those inpatient and outpatient facilities owned, staffed, and managed by the Military Departments.
Includes nutrition, acquisition and distribution of food supplies and equipment, menu and recipe planning, meal preparation and serving, sanitation, design, and layout of facilities personnel, training, and accounting and reporting.
Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body.
A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical or dental care or treatment
As defined in Sections 1072 and 1078b of Title 10, United States Code.
a member or former member of a uniformed service, means-
(A) the spouse;
(B) the unremarried widow;
(C) the unremarried widower;
(D) a child who-
(i) has not attained the age of 21;
(ii) has not attained the age of 23, is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher le...
Employees of the military treatment facility including physicians, registered nurses, physician assistants, and registered dietitians.
The use of information or training that is intended to increase awareness or improve skills of persons with a psychological disturbance
An individual who has been determined to be eligible for TRICARE benefits, as defined in Part 199.3 of Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations.
The Committee will serve as a central point for information analysis and integration, program coordination, identification of policy needs and problem solving on Military Service issues involving policies and programs with regard to legal and illegal addictive substance use and substance use disorder (SUDs) in those served by the Military Health System (M...
Defined in American Psychiatric Association, “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),” current edition
A temporary or isolated resumption of substance use in an individual seeking abstinence from that substance.
Planned management of the alcohol and drug withdrawal processes. Medical detoxification generally is accomplished on an inpatient basis, and includes withdrawing alcohol and other drugs of abuse from the individual, and providing medical and psychological support.
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