@article{ref1,
title="Racial and ethnic mental health disparities in U.S. Military Veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study",
journal="Journal of psychiatric research",
year="2023",
author="Merians, Addie N. and Gross, Georgina and Spoont, Michele R. and Bellamy, Chyrell D. and Harpaz-Rotem, Ilan and Pietrzak, Robert H.",
volume="161",
number="",
pages="71-76",
abstract="Despite military veterans having a higher prevalence of several common psychiatric disorders relative to non-veterans, scarce population-based research has examined racial/ethnic differences in these disorders. The aim of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of psychiatric outcomes in a population-based sample of White, Black, and Hispanic military veterans, and to examine the role of intersectionality between sociodemographic variables and race/ethnicity in predicting these outcomes. Data were analyzed from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study (NHRVS), a contemporary, nationally representative survey of 4069 US veterans conducted in 2019-2020. Outcomes include self-report screening measures of lifetime and current psychiatric disorders, and suicidality. <br><br>RESULTS revealed that Hispanic and Black veterans were more likely than White veterans to screen positive for lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 17.8% and 16.7% vs. 11.1%, respectively); Hispanic veterans were more likely than White veterans to screen positive for lifetime major depressive disorder (22.0% vs. 16.0%); Black veterans were more likely than White veterans to screen positive for current PTSD (10.1% vs. 5.9%) and drug use disorder (12.9% vs. 8.7%); and Hispanic veterans were more likely than Black veterans to report current suicidal ideation (16.2% vs. 8.1%). Racial/ethnic minority status interacted with lower household income, younger age, and female sex in predicting greater likelihood of some of these outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS of this population-based study suggest a disproportionate burden of certain psychiatric disorders among racial/ethnicity minority veterans, and identify high-risk subgroups that can be targeted in prevention and treatment efforts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3956",
doi="10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.03.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.03.005"
}