2021
Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services?
Manhapra A, Stefanovics EA, Rhee TG, Rosenheck RA. Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services? The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2021, 209: 702-709. PMID: 33993183, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationPosttraumatic stress disorderHealth service usersMH service usersSubstance use disorder diagnosisClinical practice guidelinesMental health servicesMental health service usersClinical characteristicsMedicaid insurancePain interferenceService usersBlack raceSimilar prevalenceMental health researchMH researchPractice guidelinesGreater prevalenceHealth AdministrationHealth servicesPTSD diagnosisRacial distributionMH statusStress disorderDisorder diagnosisMental Health Service Utilization in Rural Areas Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
Bommersbach T, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. Mental Health Service Utilization in Rural Areas Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. Rural Mental Health 2021, 45: 229-242. DOI: 10.1037/rmh0000182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationMental health servicesHealth servicesHealth AdministrationSpecialty mental health servicesMental health service utilizationRural-Urban Commuting Area codesSpecific mental health servicesVHA administrative databasesHealth service utilizationSubstance use diagnosesIntensive case managementUtilization of servicesMental health problemsService usersAdministrative databasesService utilizationUrban veteransUse diagnosesHigh riskEligible veteransService useEquitable careSystemic propensityLarger sample size
2020
Increasing the Numbers of Homeless Veterans Served by the Veterans Health Administration from 2008 to 2015: maintaining focus on the intended target population and on sustaining service intensity
Rosenheck R, Sorkin H, Stefanovics E. Increasing the Numbers of Homeless Veterans Served by the Veterans Health Administration from 2008 to 2015: maintaining focus on the intended target population and on sustaining service intensity. Journal Of Social Distress And The Homeless 2020, 30: 66-76. DOI: 10.1080/10530789.2020.1753914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntended target populationHomeless veteransTarget populationVeterans AffairsVeterans Health AdministrationMental health servicesNon-homeless veteransIntensity of servicesHealth AdministrationHealth servicesSociodemographic characteristicsHealth careVeteransSuccessful maintenanceDelivery of servicesPopulationLittle evidenceVeteran homelessnessHigh levelsService intensity
2016
Veteran and Clinician Perceptions of Recovery and Stigma at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Leddy-Stacy M, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. Veteran and Clinician Perceptions of Recovery and Stigma at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2016, 39: 105-111. PMID: 26691995, DOI: 10.1037/prj0000174.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterMental health programsMedical CenterMental illnessHealth programsOutpatient substance abuse clinicsPsychosocial rehabilitationOutpatient mental health clinicLarge Veterans Affairs medical centerMental health clinicsMental health servicesSubstance abuse clinicsRecovery Self-AssessmentRecovery-oriented practiceProgram cliniciansHealth clinicsMore stigmatizing attitudesAnalysis of covarianceHealth servicesDecrease stigmaMental healthcareCliniciansRecovery attitudesStigmatizing attitudesVeteran statusBeliefs and Attitudes about Mental Illness among Lay Church-Based Health Workers and Medical Trainees in Nigeria
Iheanacho T, Stefanovics E. Beliefs and Attitudes about Mental Illness among Lay Church-Based Health Workers and Medical Trainees in Nigeria. Journal Of Psychiatry 2016, 2016 DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health servicesHealth workersMental illnessHealth servicesLay health workersResource-limited settingsPsychiatric trainingMedical traineesTeaching hospitalSelf-report questionnairesPsychiatric careMental disordersIllnessHospitalHigher scoresExploratory factor analysisTraining programPsychiatry training programsFactor analysisVarimax rotationMedical schoolsGroupWorkersTraumaCare
2014
Treatment of Veterans With PTSD at a VA Medical Center: Primary Care Versus Mental Health Specialty Care
Vojvoda D, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck RA. Treatment of Veterans With PTSD at a VA Medical Center: Primary Care Versus Mental Health Specialty Care. Psychiatric Services 2014, 65: 1238-1243. PMID: 24981414, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPrimary care settingPrimary careSpecialty clinicCare settingsSpecialty mental health clinicsSpecialty mental health careMental health specialty careSpecialty mental health settingsVeterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare SystemComorbid psychiatric diagnosesMental health diagnosesVA Medical CenterMental health clinicsService-connected disabilityCharacteristics of veteransPercentage of veteransMental health servicesTreatment of veteransMental health careMental health settingsPsychotropic medicationsSpecialty careHealth clinicsRecent military conflicts