2024
Barriers to Mental Health Care in US Military Veterans
Lewis C, Fischer I, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak R. Barriers to Mental Health Care in US Military Veterans. Psychiatric Quarterly 2024, 95: 367-383. PMID: 38940875, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-024-10078-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health careMental health treatmentHealth careHealth treatmentReduce barriersUS veteransNegative beliefsInstrumental barriersNational Health and ResiliencePromote engagementMental health servicesPopulation-based effortsUS military veteransNationally representative dataMultivariate logistic regressionPerceived stigmaHealth servicesSocial supportPsychiatric needsVeterans StudyPractical barriersLow purposeConclusionsNearly halfMilitary veteransCare
2015
Epidemiology of generalized anxiety disorder in Canadian military personnel
Erickson J, Kinley D, Afifi T, Zamorski M, Pietrzak R, Stein M, Sareen J. Epidemiology of generalized anxiety disorder in Canadian military personnel. Journal Of Military Veteran And Family Health 2015, 1: 26-36. DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh.2014-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental disordersHigher oddsWorld Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic InterviewComposite International Diagnostic InterviewMultivariate logistic regression modelAnxiety disordersMilitary personnelConsiderable functional impairmentCo-occurring disordersCanadian Community Health Survey-Canadian Forces SupplementLifetime prevalence ratesMental health careRegular Force personnelDegree of impairmentCanadian military personnelGeneralized anxiety disorderLogistic regression modelsClinical characteristicsClinical featuresMean ageFunctional impairmentPrevalence ratesDiagnostic InterviewEpisode lengthDisorders