Mental Health Status and Perceived Barriers to Seeking Treatment in Rural Reserve Component Veterans

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Reports on National Guard and Reserve troops from the Appalachian Region in Pennsylvania who returned from deployment. Addresses demographics, deployment history, barriers to seeking treatment, help-seeking behaviors, mental health symptoms, and sources of stress. Discusses rural and urban differences, including transportation barriers and attitudes towards seeking mental health treatment.

Elizabeth A. Bennett, Michael Crabtree, Mary E. Schaffer, Thomas W. Britt

Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 26(3), 113-136

2011

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Access · Appalachia · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Veterans · Pennsylvania