Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services?: A National Observational Study of Male Veteran and Nonveteran Mental Health Service Users.
Adult
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Facilities and Services Utilization
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
/ epidemiology
Mental Health Services
/ statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
/ epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders
/ epidemiology
United States
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
/ statistics & numerical data
Veterans
/ statistics & numerical data
Veterans Health Services
/ statistics & numerical data
Journal
The Journal of nervous and mental disease
ISSN: 1539-736X
Titre abrégé: J Nerv Ment Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375402
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2021
01 Oct 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
17
5
2021
medline:
4
1
2022
entrez:
16
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mental health (MH) research among veterans receiving services from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is extensive and growing and informs many clinical practice guidelines. We used nationally representative survey data to examine the generalizability of this extensive body of research by comparing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of male veteran veterans health service (VHS) users (n = 491) with veteran non-VHS users (n = 840) and nonveteran (n = 6300) MH service users. VHS users were older, more often reported Black race, and less likely to have private or Medicaid insurance, but had similar prevalence of psychiatric or substance use disorder diagnoses but with a greater prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). VHS users reported higher rates of medical diagnoses, pain interference, and poorer physical and MH status. These results suggest that VHA MH research may be reasonably generalizable to US mental health service users with caveats regarding age, PTSD diagnosis, pain, and racial distribution.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33993183
doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001369
pii: 00005053-202110000-00003
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
702-709Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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