Mental Health Service Utilization and Perceived Barriers to Receiving Care in Deployed Soldiers.

CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of common psychopathology and receipt of care in a combat environment was similar to previous reports from postdeployment settings. Nonprovider sources of care were more frequently utilized as compared to an in-Garrison report. Findings suggest important differences exist in sources of help and barriers to care in deployed vs. postdeployment environments. The hypothesized barriers to care did not preclude receiving any help, however, less than one-half of soldiers at mental health risk received help. Thus, future research should identify factors that have the greatest influence on help seeking behavior in both deployed and Garrison settings. PMID: 32175578 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research