Kulesza Magdalena, Pedersen Eric, Corrigan Patrick, Marshall Grant
Associate Behavioral/Social Scientist, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407.,
Behavioral/Social Scientist, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407.,
Mil Behav Health. 2015;3(4):230-239. doi: 10.1080/21635781.2015.1055866. Epub 2015 Jun 26.
Veterans underutilize mental health services. We investigated the association between treatment seeking stigma and utilization of mental health services in a sample of 812 young adult veterans. Higher perceived public stigma of treatment seeking was significantly related to lower treatment utilization. Although many veterans were concerned about negative perceptions if they were to seek treatment, a much smaller number of them endorsed that they would judge a fellow veteran negatively in similar situation. Targeting perceived public stigma of treatment seeking, through perceived norms interventions, might help in narrowing the gap between the need and receipt of help among veterans.
退伍军人对心理健康服务的利用率较低。我们在812名年轻成年退伍军人样本中调查了寻求治疗的耻辱感与心理健康服务利用率之间的关联。较高的寻求治疗的公众耻辱感认知与较低的治疗利用率显著相关。尽管许多退伍军人担心如果他们寻求治疗会有负面看法，但只有少得多的人认可他们会在类似情况下对 fellow veteran 持负面评价。通过感知规范干预来针对寻求治疗的公众耻辱感认知，可能有助于缩小退伍军人中需求与获得帮助之间的差距。 （注：这里“fellow veteran”直接保留英文，可能是原文有误，正常理解可能是“ fellow veterans”即“其他退伍军人” ）
