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PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
卷 41, 期 2, 页码 363-372出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710000759
关键词
Mental health; military; post-national service; treatment-seeking; veteran
资金
- UK Ministry of Defence
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Psychiatry National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre
- Medical Research Council [G0901999] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0507-10088] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0901999] Funding Source: UKRI
Background. There is concern surrounding the psychological health and uptake of treatment services among veterans of the UK Armed Forces. Method. Data from a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample were used to compare health outcomes and treatment seeking among 257 post-national service veterans aged 16-64 years and 504 age and sex frequency-matched non-veterans living in the community in England. Early leavers (<4 years service) were compared with longer serving veterans. Results. Male veterans reported more childhood adversity and were more likely to have experienced a major trauma in adulthood than non-veterans. There was no association between any measure of mental health and veteran status in males, except reporting more violent behaviours [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-2.06]. In females, a significant association was found between veteran status and ever having suicidal thoughts (aOR 2.82, 95% CI 1.13-7.03). No differences in treatment-seeking behaviour were identified between veterans and non-veterans with any mental disorder. Early service leavers were more likely to be heavy drinkers (aOR 4.16, 95% CI 1.08-16.00), to have had suicidal thoughts (aOR 2.37, 95% CI 1.21-4.66) and to have self-harmed (aOR 12.36, 95% CI 1.61-94.68) than longer serving veterans. Conclusions. The findings of this study do not suggest that being a veteran is associated with adversity in terms of mental health, social disadvantage or reluctance to seek treatment compared with the general population. Some evidence implies that early service leavers may experience more mental health problems than longer-serving veterans.
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