@article{ref1,
title="Mental health treatment seeking among veteran and civilian community college students",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2017",
author="Valenstein, Marcia and Eisenberg, Daniel and Lu, Liya and Hunt, Justin B. and Curran, Geoffrey M. and Fortney, John C.",
volume="68",
number="8",
pages="851-855",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: A Web-based survey examined treatment seeking among community college students to inform the design of engagement interventions. <br><br>METHODS: Veteran and civilian community college students (N=765) were screened for mental disorders and reported perceptions of treatment need, effectiveness, and stigma, as well as service use. Regression analysis identified predictors of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy use. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 511 students who screened positive for a current mental disorder or reported a perceived need for treatment (149 veterans and 362 civilians), 30% reported past-year use of psychotropic medications. Predictors were perceived treatment need (odds ratio [OR]=7.81, p<.001) and the perception that psychotropic medications are effective (OR=3.38, p=.012). Eleven percent of participants reported past-year psychotherapy use, and predictors were a positive screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (OR=2.78, p=.04) and poorer financial status. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Modifiable barriers, including perceived need for and effectiveness of treatment, were correlated with pharmacotherapy use and should be targeted by engagement interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.201600240",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600240"
}