Military veterans and civilians' mental health diagnoses: an analysis of secondary mental health services.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Healthcare provision in the United Kingdom (UK) falls primarily to the National Health Service (NHS) which is free at the point of access. In the UK, there is currently no national marker to identify military veterans in electronic health records, nor a requirement to record it. This study aimed to compare the sociodemographic characteristics and recorded mental health diagnoses of a sample of veterans and civilians accessing secondary mental health services.

Methods

The Military Service Identification Tool, a machine learning computer tool, was employed to identify veterans and civilians from electronic health records. This study compared the sociodemographic characteristics and recorded mental health diagnoses of veterans and civilians accessing secondary mental he

SUBMITTER: Williamson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261174 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature