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ArticleJournal of psychosomatic research2025

Mental health service use among individuals with traumatic brain injury: Exploring the role of social support, employment, and insurance.

Altaf Saadi, Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, Lulu Zhang, Margarita Alegría

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Article in Journal of psychosomatic research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Altaf SaadiHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: asaadi@mgh.harvard.edu.
Mario Cruz-GonzalezDepartment of Medicine, Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Lulu ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Margarita AlegríaHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

1/2-Building Infrastructure for Community Capacity in Accelerating Integrated CareR01MH117247 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ALEGRIA, MARGARITA · 2019 to 2023
$4.8M
A Culturally Adapted, Trauma-Informed Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention for Victims of War and Related Traumas with Traumatic Brain InjuryK23NS128164 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Altaf Saadi · 2023 to 2026
$913k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH117247NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS128164
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Abstract

introductionThis study assessed 1) differences in mental health service use among those with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI), 2) whether social supports, employment, and insurance moderated the TBI-mental health service use relationship, and 3) racial and ethnic differences in these associations.

methodsIn an analytic sample of 1018 participants, we used propensity score matching and inverse probability of treatment weighting to assess differences in both lifetime and past 12-month mental health service use among those with and without TBI. We used a logistic regression model for the moderation analyses.

resultsThose with TBI reported greater depressive, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms than those without TBI, as well as higher probability of both lifetime and past 12-month mental health service use. After adjusting for the propensity score, those with TBI were about 10.5 % more likely to use mental health services compared to those without TBI. Higher levels of social support were associated with a three-fold increase in the odds of using mental health services in individuals with TBI. Employment and insurance did not significantly moderate the TBI-mental health service use relationship, but insurance was independently associated with grater odds of both lifetime and past 12-month mental health service use.

conclusionGreater psychiatric symptoms in individuals with TBI, along with their increased use of mental health services, highlight the need for a multidisciplinary approach to TBI care. Interventions could also target social relationships, as lower social support represents a potential pathway for differences in mental health service use for those with TBI.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticEmploymentInsurance, HealthMental Health ServicesPatient Acceptance of Health CareSocial SupportStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultEmploymentMental health service usePsychiatric disordersSocial supportTraumatic brain injury

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PMID40602128
PMCPMC12560199

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