Measuring Barriers to Mental Health Care in the Military: The RAND Barriers and Facilitators to Care Item Banks

by Sarah Soliman, Maria Orlando Edelen, Wenjing Huang, et al.

This report summarizes the findings of a study to develop an item bank of barriers to mental health care-a repository of survey questions phrased in a nonbiased way about different aspects of mental health treatment and avoidance-for the Department of Defense (DoD); establish the reliability and preliminary validity of the item bank and a short form; and identify options for how DoD can use the item bank to assess and monitor barriers to care.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833098608
• ISBN13: 9780833098603
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 168 Pages