Veteran Status, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Healthcare Factors Associated with Visiting a Mental Health Professional

Using data from a nationally representative study of the community-dwelling U.S. population, we estimated the percentage of male veterans who visited a mental health professional in the past year, compared it to an estimate from non-veteran males, and examined factors associated with visiting a ment...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2017-07, Vol.53 (5), p.515-524
Main Authors: Frenk, Steven M., Sautter, Jessica M., Woodring, Joseph V., Kramarow, Ellen A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Community and Environmental Psychology
Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Health Behavior
Health problems
Health services utilization
Health Status
Help seeking behavior
Humans
Male
Males
Medical personnel
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health professionals
Mental health services
Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Psychiatry
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Veterans
Veterans - psychology
Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Using data from a nationally representative study of the community-dwelling U.S. population, we estimated the percentage of male veterans who visited a mental health professional in the past year, compared it to an estimate from non-veteran males, and examined factors associated with visiting a mental health professional. We found that 10.5% of male veterans visited a mental health professional in the past year, compared to only 5.6% of male non-veterans. In the regression models, veteran status, sociodemographic factors, and healthcare utilization were independently associated with visiting a mental health professional. These findings demonstrate the importance of using nationally representative data to assess the mental healthcare needs of veterans.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-016-0071-x