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Symposium

Brain Injury

Behavioral Health Sciences

Mental Health Prevalence, Barriers, and Facilitators to Seeking Care for Service Members and Veterans 9640

Sunday, November 3, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: ROOM: Rosetta REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Rosetta is the last room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Rosetta is the last room on the left.

Corresponding Presenter(s)

Areana Cruz, PhD (she/her/hers)

Health Science Specialist
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, Florida, United States

Slides
Deveney Ching, PhD, CRC

Social and Behavioral Scientist
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, Florida, United States

Presenter(s)

Hari H. Venkatachalam, MPH, CPH

Research Health Science Specialist
Department of Veterans Affairs
Tampa, Florida, United States
Shannon Miles, PhD

Psychologist
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, FL, United States
Jacob A. Finn, PhD (he/him/his)

Clinical Investigator
Minneapolis VAHCS
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with many chronic conditions and disabilities, including mental health conditions.[1] Service Members and Veterans (SMVs) specifically form a demographic at highest risk for TBI and associated mental health comorbidities. Mental Health treatment can be effective in not only treating comorbidities but also contribute to greater life satisfaction among SMVs. Treatment delivery is impacted by several physical, social, and psychological facilitators and barriers in this population. Understanding the service needs of individuals with TBI is critical for leveraging facilitators and overcoming barriers to mental health treatment delivery. This symposium will highlight three studies with findings related to mental health conditions, brain injury, and barriers and facilitators to accessing services among SMVs.

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Learning Objectives:

Identify novel mental health comorbidities among service members and veterans post-TBI.
Describe stakeholder perspectives of facilitators and barriers of mental health service provision of service members and veterans with TBI.
Describe facilitators and barriers identified by SOF for accessing PTSD treatment.
Identify novel mental health comorbidities among service members and veterans post-TBI.

Disclosure(s):

Areana Cruz, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Deveney Ching, PhD, CRC: No financial relationships to disclose

Hari H. Venkatachalam, MPH, CPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Shannon Miles, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jacob A. Finn, PhD: University of Minnesota Press Test Division: Contracted Research (Principal Investigators must provide information, even if received by the institution) (Ongoing)