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Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems?

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Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems? / Stevelink, SAM; Jones, N; Jones, M et al.
In: European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1556552, 31.01.2019.

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Stevelink, SAM, Jones, N, Jones, M, Dyball, D, Khera, CK, Pernet, D, MacCrimmon, S, Murphy, D, Hull, L, Greenberg, N, MacManus, D, Goodwin, L, Sharp, ML & Fear, NT 2019, 'Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems?', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 10, no. 1, 1556552. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1556552

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Stevelink, SAM., Jones, N., Jones, M., Dyball, D., Khera, CK., Pernet, D., MacCrimmon, S., Murphy, D., Hull, L., Greenberg, N., MacManus, D., Goodwin, L., Sharp, ML., & Fear, NT. (2019). Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), Article 1556552. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1556552

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Stevelink SAM, Jones N, Jones M, Dyball D, Khera CK, Pernet D et al. Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems? European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 2019 Jan 31;10(1):1556552. Epub 2019 Jan 14. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556552

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Stevelink, SAM ; Jones, N ; Jones, M et al. / Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems?. In: European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 2019 ; Vol. 10, No. 1.

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title = "Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems?",
abstract = "Background: UK armed forces personnel are at risk of occupational psychological injury; they are often reluctant to seek help for such problems.Objective: We aimed to examine and describe sources of support, prevalence and associates of help-seeking among UK serving and ex-serving personnel.Method: A total of 1450 participants who self-reported a stress, emotional or mental health problem in the past 3 years were sampled from a health and wellbeing study and subsequently completed a telephone interview comprising measures of mental disorder symptoms, alcohol misuse and help-seeking behaviour.Results: Seven per cent of participants had not sought any help, 55% had accessed medical sources of support (general practitioner or mental health specialist), 46% had received formal non-medical (welfare) support and 86% had used informal support. Gender, age, perceived health, functional impairment, social support, deployment, alcohol and comorbidity impacted upon the choice of help source.Conclusions: This study found that the majority of those with perceived mental health problems sought some form of help, with over half using formal medical sources of support.",
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AU - Stevelink, SAM

AU - Jones, N

AU - Jones, M

AU - Dyball, D

AU - Khera, CK

AU - Pernet, D

AU - MacCrimmon, S

AU - Murphy, D

AU - Hull, L

AU - Greenberg, N

AU - MacManus, D

AU - Goodwin, L

AU - Sharp, ML

AU - Fear, NT

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AB - Background: UK armed forces personnel are at risk of occupational psychological injury; they are often reluctant to seek help for such problems.Objective: We aimed to examine and describe sources of support, prevalence and associates of help-seeking among UK serving and ex-serving personnel.Method: A total of 1450 participants who self-reported a stress, emotional or mental health problem in the past 3 years were sampled from a health and wellbeing study and subsequently completed a telephone interview comprising measures of mental disorder symptoms, alcohol misuse and help-seeking behaviour.Results: Seven per cent of participants had not sought any help, 55% had accessed medical sources of support (general practitioner or mental health specialist), 46% had received formal non-medical (welfare) support and 86% had used informal support. Gender, age, perceived health, functional impairment, social support, deployment, alcohol and comorbidity impacted upon the choice of help source.Conclusions: This study found that the majority of those with perceived mental health problems sought some form of help, with over half using formal medical sources of support.

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