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Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Greenawalt, DS; Tsan, JY; Kimbrel, NA; Meyer, EC; Kruse, MI; Tharp, DF; Gulliver, SB; Morissette, SB
Published in: Depress Res Treat
2011

Although racial/ethnic differences have been found in the use of mental health services for depression in the general population, research among Veterans has produced mixed results. This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the use of mental health services among 148 Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans with high levels of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and evaluated whether religious coping affected service use. No differences between African American, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic white Veterans were found in use of secular mental health services or religious counseling. Women Veterans were more likely than men to seek secular treatment. After controlling for PTSD symptoms, depression symptom level was a significant predictor of psychotherapy attendance but not medication treatment. African American Veterans reported higher levels of religious coping than whites. Religious coping was associated with participation in religious counseling, but not secular mental health services.

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Depress Res Treat

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2090-133X

Publication Date

2011

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2011

Start / End Page

192186

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
 

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Greenawalt, D. S., Tsan, J. Y., Kimbrel, N. A., Meyer, E. C., Kruse, M. I., Tharp, D. F., … Morissette, S. B. (2011). Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Depress Res Treat, 2011, 192186. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/192186
Greenawalt, David S., Jack Y. Tsan, Nathan A. Kimbrel, Eric C. Meyer, Marc I. Kruse, David F. Tharp, Suzy Bird Gulliver, and Sandra B. Morissette. “Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.Depress Res Treat 2011 (2011): 192186. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/192186.
Greenawalt DS, Tsan JY, Kimbrel NA, Meyer EC, Kruse MI, Tharp DF, et al. Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Depress Res Treat. 2011;2011:192186.
Greenawalt, David S., et al. “Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.Depress Res Treat, vol. 2011, 2011, p. 192186. Pubmed, doi:10.1155/2011/192186.
Greenawalt DS, Tsan JY, Kimbrel NA, Meyer EC, Kruse MI, Tharp DF, Gulliver SB, Morissette SB. Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Depress Res Treat. 2011;2011:192186.

Published In

Depress Res Treat

DOI

EISSN

2090-133X

Publication Date

2011

Volume

2011

Start / End Page

192186

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology