Stevelink, Sharon AM, Jones, Norman, Jones, Margaret, Dyball, Daniel, Khera, Charandeep K, Pernet, David, MacCrimmon, Shirlee, Murphy, Dominic, Hull, Lisa, Greenberg, Neil et al (show 6 more authors)
(2019)
Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems?
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY, 10 (1).
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Abstract
<b>Background</b>: UK armed forces personnel are at risk of occupational psychological injury; they are often reluctant to seek help for such problems. <b>Objective</b>: We aimed to examine and describe sources of support, prevalence and associates of help-seeking among UK serving and ex-serving personnel. <b>Method</b>: A total of 1450 participants who self-reported a stress, emotional or mental health problem in the past 3 years were sampled from a health and wellbeing study and subsequently completed a telephone interview comprising measures of mental disorder symptoms, alcohol misuse and help-seeking behaviour. <b>Results</b>: Seven per cent of participants had not sought any help, 55% had accessed medical sources of support (general practitioner or mental health specialist), 46% had received formal non-medical (welfare) support and 86% had used informal support. Gender, age, perceived health, functional impairment, social support, deployment, alcohol and comorbidity impacted upon the choice of help source. <b>Conclusions</b>: This study found that the majority of those with perceived mental health problems sought some form of help, with over half using formal medical sources of support.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Alcohol misuse, depression, military personnel, veteran, help-seeking, post-traumatic stress disorder, quantitative methods |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2019 10:08 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2023 16:54 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556552 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3033519 |
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