Exploring the importance of predisposing, enabling, and need factors for promoting Veteran engagement in mental health therapy for post-traumatic stress: a multiple methods study.
Megan E Shepherd-BaniganAbigail ShapiroKaren M StechuchakKate L SheahanPrincess E AcklandValerie A SmithBarbara G BokhourShirley M GlynnPatrick S CalhounDavid EdelmanHollis J WeidenbacherMadeleine R EldridgeCourtney Harold Van HoutvenPublished in: BMC psychiatry (2023)
Our multiple methods findings represent Veteran and support partner perspectives and show that amid Veteran and organizational barriers to care, attitudes and support of family members and friends still matter. Family-oriented services and intervention could be a gateway to increase Veteran PTSD therapy engagement.