Stevelink Sharon A M, Jones Norman, Jones Margaret, Dyball Daniel, Khera Charandeep K, Pernet David, MacCrimmon Shirlee, Murphy Dominic, Hull Lisa, Greenberg Neil, MacManus Deirdre, Goodwin Laura, Sharp Marie-Louise, Wessely Simon, Rona Roberto J, Fear Nicola T
King's Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Academic Department of Military Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2019 Jan 14;10(1):1556552. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556552. eCollection 2019.
: UK armed forces personnel are at risk of occupational psychological injury; they are often reluctant to seek help for such problems. : We aimed to examine and describe sources of support, prevalence and associates of help-seeking among UK serving and ex-serving personnel. : 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. : 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. : 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.
英国武装部队人员面临职业心理伤害风险；他们往往不愿就此类问题寻求帮助。我们旨在调查和描述英国现役和退役军人寻求帮助的支持来源、患病率及相关因素。从一项健康与福祉研究中抽取了1450名在过去3年中自我报告有压力、情绪或心理健康问题的参与者，随后他们完成了一次电话访谈，内容包括精神障碍症状、酒精滥用及寻求帮助行为的测量。7%的参与者未寻求任何帮助，55%的人获得了医疗支持来源（全科医生或心理健康专家），46%的人得到了正式的非医疗（福利）支持，86%的人使用了非正式支持。性别、年龄、自我感知健康状况、功能障碍、社会支持、部署情况、酒精使用及合并症会影响帮助来源的选择。本研究发现，大多数自我感知有心理健康问题的人寻求了某种形式的帮助，超过一半的人使用了正式的医疗支持来源。
