Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services?: A National Observational Study of Male Veteran and Nonveteran Mental Health Service Users.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 209(10): 702-709, 2021 Oct 01.
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| ID: mdl-33993183
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Mental health (MH) research among veterans receiving services from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is extensive and growing and informs many clinical practice guidelines. We used nationally representative survey data to examine the generalizability of this extensive body of research by comparing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of male veteran veterans health service (VHS) users (n = 491) with veteran non-VHS users (n = 840) and nonveteran (n = 6300) MH service users. VHS users were older, more often reported Black race, and less likely to have private or Medicaid insurance, but had similar prevalence of psychiatric or substance use disorder diagnoses but with a greater prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). VHS users reported higher rates of medical diagnoses, pain interference, and poorer physical and MH status. These results suggest that VHA MH research may be reasonably generalizable to US mental health service users with caveats regarding age, PTSD diagnosis, pain, and racial distribution.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Veteranos
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Utilização de Instalações e Serviços
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Serviços de Saúde para Veteranos Militares
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Transtornos Mentais
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Serviços de Saúde Mental
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nerv Ment Dis
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article