Help-seeking behavior among Danish veterans with self-reported mental problems - a 22 years register-based follow-up study.

To estimate the prevalence of utilization of mental health services (MHS) among Danish veterans with self-reported deployment-related mental problems and to identify predictors for help-seeking behavior for mental problems among veterans. Data on deployment characteristics was obtained from a telephone survey in 2011 among a random sample of veterans deployed during 1996-2009. Only respondents reporting sustained or less sustained mental problems were included, and data from national registers on mental health service utilization and prescribed psychotropics covering up to 22 years of follow-up was obtained.