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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2015

Social networks, mental health problems, and mental health service utilization in OEF/OIF National Guard veterans.

Rebecca K Sripada, Amy S B Bohnert, Alan R Teo, Debra S Levine, Paul N Pfeiffer, Nicholas W Bowersox, Mark S Mizruchi, Stephen T Chermack, Dara Ganoczy, Heather Walters and 1 more

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Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01156727 (Linking National Guard Veterans With Need to Mental Health Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01156727 completednot on this map

Linking National Guard Veterans With Need to Mental Health Care

TypeobservationalSponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentRan2010 to 2014Enrolled3,015ConditionsHealthy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Rebecca K SripadaVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA. rekaufma@umich.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2844-3458
Amy S B BohnertVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Alan R TeoPortland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA.
Debra S LevineVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Paul N PfeifferVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Nicholas W BowersoxVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Mark S MizruchiDepartment of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Stephen T ChermackVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Dara GanoczyVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Heather WaltersVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Marcia ValensteinVA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), 2800 Plymouth Road Bldg 16, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLow social support and small social network size have been associated with a variety of negative mental health outcomes, while their impact on mental health services use is less clear. To date, few studies have examined these associations in National Guard service members, where frequency of mental health problems is high, social support may come from military as well as other sources, and services use may be suboptimal.

methodsSurveys were administered to 1448 recently returned National Guard members. Multivariable regression models assessed the associations between social support characteristics, probable mental health conditions, and service utilization.

resultsIn bivariate analyses, large social network size, high social network diversity, high perceived social support, and high military unit support were each associated with lower likelihood of having a probable mental health condition (p < .001). In adjusted analyses, high perceived social support (OR .90, CI .88-.92) and high unit support (OR .96, CI .94-.97) continued to be significantly associated with lower likelihood of mental health conditions. Two social support measures were associated with lower likelihood of receiving mental health services in bivariate analyses, but were not significant in adjusted models.

conclusionsGeneral social support and military-specific support were robustly associated with reduced mental health symptoms in National Guard members. Policy makers, military leaders, and clinicians should attend to service members' level of support from both the community and their units and continue efforts to bolster these supports. Other strategies, such as focused outreach, may be needed to bring National Guard members with need into mental health care.

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Social SupportAdolescentAdultFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMental DisordersMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedUnited StatesVeteransYoung AdultDepressionNational GuardPTSDSocial networkSocial supportVeteran

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