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Perceived Stigma and Barriers to Mental Health Care Utilization Among OEF-OIF Veterans
Psychiatric Services · 2009 · Vol. 60(8) · pp. 1118–1122
Robert H. Pietrzak✉(VA Connecticut Healthcare System)Douglas C. Johnson(University of California, San Diego)Marc B. Goldstein(Central Connecticut State University)James C. Malley(Central Connecticut State University)Steven M. Southwick(United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
Abstract
Educational interventions for modifying negative beliefs about mental health care and bolstering unit support may help decrease stigma and barriers to care and increase mental health treatment seeking among OEF-OIF veterans.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutEmployment and Welfare StudiesMental healthPsychiatryActive dutyAnxietyMedicineStigma (botany)PopulationService memberDepression (economics)Posttraumatic stress
MeSH terms
AdultConnecticutHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMental Health ServicesPatient Acceptance of Health CareStereotypingStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransHealth Care Surveys
Funding
- Central Connecticut State University
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442
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Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization in the United States, Ontario, and the Netherlands
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