ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2020
Mental Health and Obesity Among Veterans: A Possible Need for Integrated Care.
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- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Self-perceptions of mental health among U.S. Veterans and non-Veterans: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Article
- Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Diabetes in Vietnam-Era Women Veterans in the HealthViEWS Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Mental health diagnosis attenuates weight loss among older adults in a digital diabetes prevention program.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Common Sense Models of Obesity: a Qualitative Investigation of Illness Representations.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Mapping the network biology of metabolic response to stress in posttraumatic stress disorder and obesity.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal was to examine psychiatric diagnosis rates among a national cohort of primary care patients with and without obesity.
methodsThe cohort was derived from national Veterans Health Administration data (women, N=342,262; men, N=4,524,787). Sex-stratified descriptive statistics characterized psychiatric diagnosis rates. Chi-square tests determined whether diagnosis rates differed by obesity status (α=0.001).
resultsRates of any psychiatric diagnosis were higher among women than among men and among people with obesity versus without obesity (women, 53.9% vs. 50.4%; men, 37.9% vs. 35.2%). Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis rates were higher for people with obesity, and substance use disorder diagnosis rates were lower for people with obesity. Anxiety diagnosis rates were slightly lower among women with obesity versus women without obesity.
conclusionsPrograms simultaneously addressing weight management and mental health could address the psychiatric comorbidities observed among people with obesity. Women are most likely to need these services.
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