The relationship between co-occurring traumatic experiences and co-occurring mental health domains for veterans resident in Northern Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Veterans residing in Northern Ireland (NI) likely experience higher levels of co-occurring lifetime trauma exposure and associated co-occurring mental health symptoms, due to the Troubles. As NI veterans have been subject to little exploration it is difficult to know how to support them. This exploratory study explored the co-occurrence of mental health symptoms as a function of co-occurring traumatic experiences.

Methods

Two latent class analyses (LCA) were conducted on NI veteran data (n = 609). One LCA factored endorsements of 16-lifetime traumatic events, with a separate LCA exploring the co-occurrence of symptoms across six mental health domains. Mental health symptom classes were considered as a function of trauma classes, military-specific variables, gend

SUBMITTER: Hitch C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446063 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature