Correlates and predictors of mental health care utilization for veterans with PTSD: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Treatment utilization among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is low. Understanding correlates and predictors of mental health care for veterans with PTSD is critical to facilitating treatment utilization. However, given the size of the literature base and disparate findings, it is difficult to interpret available research. Correlates and predictors of mental health care for veterans with PTSD published between 2012 and 2016 were examined to (a) define the scope of recent literature and (b) summarize predictive evidence.

Method

This 2-phase systematic review conducted scientific database searches. Phase 1 defined the scope of recent literature (n = 51) and tabulated types of correlates, outcomes, and sources of bias. Phase 2 summarized results from

SUBMITTER: Johnson EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800588 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature