Determinants of National Guard Mental Health Service Utilization in VA versus Non-VA Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine associations between need, enabling, and predisposing factors with mental health service use among National Guard soldiers in the first year following a combat deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Data sources/study setting

Primary data were collected between 2011 and 2013 from 1,426 Guard soldiers representing 36 units.

Study design

Associations between Guard soldier factors and any mental health service use were assessed using multivariable logistic regression models in a cross-sectional study. Further analysis among service users (N = 405) assessed VA treatment versus treatment in other settings.

Principal findings

Fifty-six percent of Guard soldiers meeting cutoffs on symptom scales received mental health services with 81 percent of tho

SUBMITTER: Gorman LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034208 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature