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Army Time
Harold Skiver "J.R."
12/9/1957 - Portsmouth, Ohio
Grew up in Carmichael, Pennsylvania & Los Angeles, California
Father was a Coal Mine Superintendent and as a child he was into cap dynamite (blowing things up)
4 yrs in the penitentiary or join the military
Army Veteran - 18 months - E3 Corporal
Demolitions and Heavy Equipment
Honorable Discharge
Grew up and became a man and respectful
Target population - Veterans
Came from Military Family
Prison time or join the military
Family was supportive of him joining
Discounts at places
Became a "Respectful Man"
Substance abuse
Many Issues with the VA "I gave up on them"
Homeless Veterans
VA medical centers typically do not offer gender-specific psychological services (e.g. education, counseling, peer support). (McLuckey, 2018)
More social workers or counselors can be essential assets to the VA, Base, or out on deployment (McLuckey, 2018)
Exploration of prewar trauma
Relapsing does happen and will happen
Began using drugs as a teenager
Eating Lysergic Acid Diethylamide "LSD" and snorting cocaine
After the military got addicted to alcohol and heroin
Heroin "rendered me" and I was unable to walk
Heroin enabled him to walk and he had to get help
One time got really ill and the closest hospital was a VA hospital in Fort Lauderdale, and they denied helping him
Seek help through the church and Broken Chains
VA in Corpus Christi will pay for 6 months at Charlies Place
Part of the Metro Ministries Board
Understand the clients ecological perspective
Recognize and awknowlege
Provide available online resources at the end of the meetings
Continously build rapport
Help the homeless, there are way to many homeless in the streets
A lot less "harshness towards the homeless"
Clean up the areas by the Good Samaritan and Salvation Army
Consider making a shelter for homeless veterans
Comprehensive Plan on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Substance abuse use disorders and disposition of substance abue offenders in the armed force
Scott, D. L. (2017). Social Work with Military Populations. Boston: Pearson.
McLuckey, L., & Teska, J. (2017). Veterans and Substance Use Disorder. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
McLuckey, L. (2018). Military Personnel and Veterans, Female: Mental Health Issues. Cinahl Information Systems. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
Seals, N. (2018). Substance Use Disorders in the Military (United States). Cinahl Information Systems. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
Read "Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces" at NAP.edu. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2019, from https://www.nap.edu/read/13441/chapter/8