Barriers to care and service satisfaction following homicide loss: associations with mental health outcomes.
Homicide survivors are at increased risk for mental health problems, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complicated grief. Therefore, improving access to community and mental health resources is critical for this population. The atuhors sought to examine barriers to accessing services and service satisfaction among 47 homicide survivors. Over half of the sample met criteria for a mental disorder, with depression being the most prevalent problem. Frequently endorsed barriers to care included financial barriers, inadequate information, and health-related problems. However, participants who engaged in services were generally satisfied with those services. Only depression was uniquely associated with worse overall service satisfaction.
a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
Joah L
JL
Williams
Alyssa A
AA
Rheingold
D000328:Adult; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*