Frequencies and predictors of barriers to mental health service use: a longitudinal study of Hurricane Ike survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of disaster survivors suffering from psychological symptoms do not receive mental health services. Research on barriers to service use among disaster survivors is limited by a lack of longitudinal studies of representative samples and investigations of predictors of barriers. The purpose of this study was to address these limitations through analysis of a three-wave population-based study of Hurricane Ike survivors (N = 658).

Methods

Frequencies of preference, outcome expectancy, resource, and stigma barriers among participants with unmet mental health needs were documented and logistic regression using a generalized estimating equations approach explored predisposing (e.g., age), illness-related (e.g., posttraumatic stress) and enabling (e.g., insura

SUBMITTER: Lowe SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285706 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature