2024
Sexual Orientation Moderates the Association Between Health Care Utilization-Related Factors and Mental Health Service Nonutilization Among United States Military Veterans
Chang C, Fischer I, Harper K, Livingston N, Depp C, Norman S, Pietrzak R. Sexual Orientation Moderates the Association Between Health Care Utilization-Related Factors and Mental Health Service Nonutilization Among United States Military Veterans. Psychological Services 2024 PMID: 39347751, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeterosexual veteransSexual minority veteransHealth careMinority veteransMilitary veteransPsychiatric needsMental health treatment utilizationNational Health and ResilienceSource of health careSexual minoritiesVA health careUnited States military veteransU.S. military veteransMental health problemsNationally representative sampleSexual orientationNon-VADifficulties ScheduleVeterans StudyTreatment utilizationInfluence utilizationRepresentative sampleHealth problemsVeteransMental treatment
2020
Beyond stigma: Understanding the “inclined abstainers” in military behavioral health-care utilization
Aikins D, Pietrzak R, Geraci J, Benham T, Morrissey P, Southwick S. Beyond stigma: Understanding the “inclined abstainers” in military behavioral health-care utilization. Military Psychology 2020, 32: 419-427. PMID: 38536308, PMCID: PMC10013392, DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2020.1784822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderPTSD symptomsInclined abstainersNegative beliefsActive duty soldiersCombat-related posttraumatic stress disorderLow treatment utilizationMeasures of stigmaDuty soldiersMental health-related problemsTreatment utilizationInclined actorsStress disorderTreatment beliefsTreatment modelBehavioral health care utilizationBeliefsArmy postPsychotherapyHealth-related problemsGreater severityEngagementResilienceTreatment intentionStigma
2018
Sex Differences in Correlates of Risk and Resilience Associated with Military Sexual Trauma
Averill L, Smith N, Holens P, Sippel L, Bellmore A, Mota N, Sareen J, Southwick S, Pietrzak R. Sex Differences in Correlates of Risk and Resilience Associated with Military Sexual Trauma. Journal Of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma 2018, 28: 1199-1215. DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2018.1522408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMilitary sexual traumaMST survivorsDrug use disordersPTSD symptomsSexual traumaHistory of MSTUse disordersMental health treatment utilizationPTSD symptom severityLifetime traumatic eventsLifetime PTSD symptomsPhysical health outcomesPotential sex-based differencesSuicidal ideation/attemptsSex differencesRepresentative National HealthCorrelates of riskTraumatic eventsSex-based differencesResilience factorsPsychosocial correlatesUnderstanding of outcomesResilience AssociatedNational HealthTreatment utilization