title: Student and Nonstudent National Guard Service Members/Veterans and Their Use of Services for Mental Health Symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare mental health symptoms and service utilization among returning student and nonstudent service members/veterans (SM/Vs).
  
  
  METHODS
  SM/Vs (N = 1,439) were predominately white (83%) men (92%), half were over age 30 (48%), and 24% were students.
  
  
  METHODS
  SM/Vs completed surveys 6 months post deployment (October 2011-July 2013).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students and nonstudent SM/Vs did not differ in positive screens for depression, anxiety, hazardous drinking, or posttraumatic stress disorder. Students (n = 81) and nonstudents (n = 265) with mental health symptoms had low levels of mental health service use (eg, Department of Veterans Affairs [VA], civilian, or military facilities), at 47% and 57%. respectively. Fewer students used VA mental health services. Common barriers to treatment seeking included not wanting treatment on military records and embarrassment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Like other returning SM/Vs, student SM/Vs have unmet mental health needs. The discrepancy between potential need and treatment seeking suggests that colleges might be helpful in further facilitating mental health service use for student SM/Vs.
authors.forename: Erin E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Bonar
authors.forename: Kipling M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bohnert
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Dara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ganoczy
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valenstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000592:standards; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: college students; mental health; service members; service utilization