Veteran Status, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Healthcare Factors Associated with Visiting a Mental Health Professional

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• Alternative Title:
  Community Ment Health J
• Personal Author:
  Frenk, Steven M. ; Sautter, Jessica M. ; Woodring, Joseph V. ; Kramarow, Ellen A.
• Description:
  Using data from a nationally representative study of the community-dwelling U.S. population, we estimated the percentage of male veterans who visited a mental health professional in the past year, compared it to an estimate from non-veteran males, and examined factors associated with visiting a mental health professional. We found that 10.5% of male veterans visited a mental health professional in the past year, compared to only 5.6% of male non-veterans. In the regression models, veteran status, sociodemographic factors, and healthcare utilization were independently associated with visiting a mental health professional. These findings demonstrate the importance of using nationally representative data to assess the mental healthcare needs of veterans.
• Subjects:
  Adult Delivery Of Health Care Health Behavior Health Status Humans Male Mental Health Services Middle Aged Socioeconomic Factors United States Veterans Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  CDC Mental Health Professionals NHANES
• Source:
  Community Ment Health J. 53(5):515-524
• Pubmed ID:
  27928703
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6362989
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7f4c3ac98d534a1113761c832f6c8a598f85b73b9de5b7a6da2cc3a1575b9eec
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/75642/cdc_75642_DS1.pdf
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