关键词：心理健康；退伍军人（军事人员）；酗酒;焦虑
摘 要：This study is collecting survey data and rich qualitative information on student veterans mental health, help-seeking behavior, and attitudes regarding mental health treatment. Ultimately, this survey and qualitative data will inform the development of a new screening and linkage to care intervention that is feasible in the community college setting and acceptable to this student veteran population and their families. The survey portion of the study is completed and we are conducting proposed analyses. Qualitative interviews and focus groups are ongoing. Analyses from the survey indicate that psychiatric distress is prevalent in the sample of veterans: 32% depression, 23% generalized anxiety, 26% PTSD, 44% with any MH disorder, and 36% binge drinking. Compared to a civilian sample from the same schools, the veterans have significantly higher prevalence of MH disorders in all categories except generalized anxiety. The rates being reported for positive screens are high, thereby demonstrated a need to for increased recognition and intervention in the population. The Veterans in the in-depth interviews are recommending linkage and or services interventions that are acceptable to them, many of which are consistent with current interventions in VA, while some are completely novel. In the next year we will be exploring these intervention ideas further, creating intervention plans in partnership with student Veterans and college representatives, and writing grant applications to allow us to develop and pilot test them.