Table 3.
Agreement with statements about access to mental health services, stigma of mental illness and perceived barriers to care, by whether the respondent had a depressive/anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse or PTSD symptoms, weighted percentage (%), odds ratio and 95% confidence interval (CI).
| Depressive/anxiety disorder (n ranges from 142 to 187) |
Alcohol abuse (n ranges from 146 to 191) |
PTSD symptoms (n ranges from 84 to 106) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % agree among those without any diagnosis (n ranges from 357 to 453) | % agree among those with diagnosis | Odds ratioa (95% CI) | % agree among those with diagnosis | Odds ratioc (95% CI) | % agree among those with symptoms | Odds ratioe (95% CI) | ||||
| Unadjusted | Adjustedb | Unadjusted | Adjustedd | Unadjusted | Adjustedf | |||||
| Access | ||||||||||
| I don't know where to get help | 13.0 | 29.7 | 2.83 (1.40-5.74) |
2.44 (1.04-5.72) |
19.9 | 1.66 (0.85-3.27) |
1.02 (0.47-2.19) |
33.5 | 3.38 (1.26-9.04) |
3.77 (1.13-12.6) |
| I don't have adequate transport | 2.1 | 14.1 | 7.57 (2.25-25.4) |
5.45 (1.69-17.6) |
11.2 | 5.80 (1.79-18.8) |
1.75 (0.68-4.51) |
2.5 | 1.20 (0.31-4.58) |
2.23 (0.44-11.4) |
| It's difficult to schedule an appointment | 26.6 | 37.1 | 1.62 (0.85-3.10) |
2.03 (1.02-4.05) |
37.4 | 1.65 (0.89-3.03) |
2.13 (1.08-4.20) |
38.0 | 1.69 (0.69-4.15) |
1.99 (0.69-5.78) |
| It would be difficult to get time off work for treatment | 15.3 | 38.4 | 3.45 (1.79-6.66) |
3.06 (1.51-6.21) |
20.1 | 1.39 (0.72-2.69) |
1.26 (0.58-2.74) |
33.3 | 2.77 (1.17-6.57) |
2.74 (1.08-6.92) |
| Stigma | ||||||||||
| It would be too embarrassing | 33.6 | 54.6 | 2.37 (1.27-4.43) |
1.73 (0.88-3.42) |
40.6 | 1.35 (0.76-2.41) |
1.06 (0.57-1.98) |
70.5 | 4.72 (2.15-10.4) |
4.21 (1.73-10.2) |
| It would harm my career | 45.3 | 50.8 | 1.25 (0.67-2.34) |
1.25 (0.63-2.49) |
53.1 | 1.36 (0.75-2.48) |
1.49 (0.76-2.91) |
57.5 | 1.63 (0.62-4.27) |
2.31 (0.76-7.06) |
| Members of my unit might have less confidence in me | 71.9 | 68.5 | 0.85 (0.43-1.67) |
0.73 (0.34-1.57) |
83.5 | 1.98 (0.90-4.35) |
3.14 (1.36-7.25) |
77.9 | 1.38 (0.47-4.09) |
1.47 (0.46-4.68) |
| My unit bosses might treat me differently | 69.7 | 76.1 | 1.38 (0.68-2.82) |
1.01 (0.45-2.26) |
81.5 | 1.92 (0.91-4.02) |
2.01 (0.92-4.40) |
76.8 | 1.44 (0.48-4.29) |
1.75 (0.58-5.33) |
| My bosses would blame me for the problem | 11.2 | 35.3 | 4.31 (2.05-9.04) |
3.41 (1.56-7.42) |
24.9 | 2.62 (1.25-5.52) |
2.06 (0.95-4.46) |
45.7 | 6.66 (2.71-16.4) |
6.47 (2.63-15.9) |
| I would be seen as weak by those who are important to me | 36.1 | 57.6 | 2.41 (1.27-4.55) |
2.36 (1.19-4.68) |
51.7 | 1.90 (1.04-3.45) |
1.94 (1.00-3.75) |
57.3 | 2.38 (0.95-5.95) |
2.34 (0.92-5.96) |
| Attitudes to mental health care/providers | ||||||||||
| Mental health care doesn't work | 2.9 | 6.3 | 2.25 (0.43-11.7) |
2.18 (0.35-13.5) |
5.0 | 1.79 (0.43-7.40) |
2.26 (0.32-16.1) |
1.4 | 0.48 (0.09-2.42) |
0.85 (0.14-5.13) |
| I don't trust mental health professionals | 3.7 | 13.6 | 4.09 (1.38-12.2) |
3.25 (0.81-13.1) |
10.8 | 3.15 (1.06-9.34) |
3.30 (0.94-11.6) |
11.0 | 3.24 (1.16-9.05) |
2.22 (0.49-9.95) |
| My visit would not remain confidential | 11.4 | 19.2 | 1.84 (0.86-3.94) |
1.93 (0.86-4.33) |
22.2 | 2.21 (1.05-9.34) |
2.41 (1.16-5.03) |
21.8 | 2.15 (0.98-4.74) |
2.12 (0.83-5.45) |
| I would think less of a team member or colleague if I knew they were receiving mental health counselling | 7.8 | 15.9 | 2.25 (0.89-5.73) |
1.81 (0.69-4.75) |
22.6 | 3.47 (1.60-7.51) |
2.87 (1.23-6.71) |
8.4 | 1.08 (0.43-2.72) |
1.00 (0.26-3.76) |
| My bosses discourage the use of mental health services | 4.6 | 11.9 | 2.79 (1.05-7.43) |
2.71 (0.99-7.42) |
6.0 | 1.32 (0.49-3.55) |
1.09 (0.28-4.22) |
19.4 | 4.95 (1.46-16.7) |
2.36 (0.59-9.53) |
| I've had bad experiences with mental health professionals | 7.1 | 12.7 | 2.21 (0.89-5.48) |
2.27 (0.89-5.83) |
19.3 | 3.61 (1.47-8.84) |
4.95 (1.92-12.8) |
27.1 | 5.63 (1.88-16.8) |
3.94 (1.18-13.2) |
Those responding 'neither agree or disagree' are excluded (number excluded ranges from 26 to 188).
a For the odds of agreeing among those with a depressive/anxiety disorder relative to the odds of agreeing among those without a depressive/anxiety disorder
b Adjusted for age, Service and childhood vulnerability
c For the odds of agreeing among those with alcohol abuse relative to the odds of agreeing among those without alcohol abuse
d Adjusted for age, Service, childhood vulnerability, marital status, medical downgrading status and sex
e For the odds of agreeing among those with PTSD symptoms relative to the odds of agreeing among those without PTSD symptoms
f Adjusted for deployment status, Service, childhood vulnerability and educational status