Objective It is unclear how many first responders experience barriers to care and stigma
regarding mental health care, and how this influences their help-seeking. A systematic …

Approximately 60% of military personnel who experience mental health problems do not
seek help, yet many of them could benefit from professional treatment. Across military …

Background Mental illness rates among young people is high, yet the frequency of help-
seeking is low, especially among those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds …

Research has demonstrated that military service members are at elevated risk for a range of
psychiatric problems, and mental health services use is a conduit to symptom reduction and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review current research on police officer mental
health and to explore the reasons why police officers do not seek mental health treatment …

Increasing help-seeking and referrals for at-risk individuals by decreasing stigma has been
defined as Aspirational Goal 10 in the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention's …

Stigma is a complex phenomenon described by the intersection of structures and types. In
this chapter, we describe components of these structures, which largely derive from social …

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 …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 8% of the general population.
The prevalence of PTSD is twice as high in active duty service members and military …

The concept of moral injury, referring to the psychological impact of having one's moral
expectations and beliefs violated, is gaining a firm place in research on military trauma. Yet …