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Posttraumatic stress disorder and treatment seeking in a nationally representative Canadian military sample
Author(s) -
Fikretoglu Deniz,
Brunet Alain,
Schmitz Norbert,
Guay Stephane,
Pedlar David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20164
Subject(s) - logistic regression , psychiatry , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , psychology , marital status , mental health , posttraumatic stress , medicine , environmental health , population
This study aimed to identify predictors of treatment seeking in military members with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using data from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey–Canadian Forces Supplement (Statistics Canada, 2003). To identify predictors, two complementary analyses (binary logistic regression and recursive partitioning of independent variables) were conducted in military members with PTSD ( N = 509). Results indicate that trauma‐related (index traumatic event type, cumulative trauma exposure), demographic (marital status), enabling (income), and need (PTSD interference) factors predict treatment seeking in military members with PTSD, and that treatment seekers and nontreatment seekers are both comprised of distinct subgroups. Interventions aimed at increasing treatment‐seeking behaviors should be tailored to the specific needs of various subgroups of nontreatment seekers.