Veterans’ Help-Seeking and Spousal Support for PTSD: A Preliminary Study

Continued engagement in military conflicts and known underutilization of mental health services by veterans necessitates understanding of factors influencing veterans’ attitudes about mental health treatment and decisions to seek services. The present study examined relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, perceived support from spouse, and attitudes toward mental health help-seeking among married U.S. veterans. Participants (N =39) were recruited using social media outreach, an online gaming platform, and through print fliers. First, it was hypothesized that perceived spousal support would be significantly positively correlated with attitudes toward treatment seeking, which was supported to a moderate degree (r=.345, p=.031). Second, it was hypothesized that PTSD symptom severity and perceived support from spouse would be negatively correlated at a significance level of .05, which was not supported (r=-0.184, p=.263). Third, it was hypothesized that participation in mental health treatment would be associated with more positive attitudes toward mental health services, which was supported, t(37)=2.51, p=0.016. Furthermore, PTSD diagnostic status was found to moderate the relationship between perceived support from spouse and attitudes toward mental health treatment, such that support was associated with more positive treatment attitudes for married veterans without PTSD (r=.440, p=0.012); but this relationship may be reversed or extinguished in the presence of posttraumatic symptoms above clinical threshold for probable diagnosis. Clinical implications of study findings, limitations to the study, and directions for future research are discussed

Veterans’ Help-Seeking and Spousal Support for PTSD: A Preliminary Study

Continued engagement in military conflicts and known underutilization of mental health services by veterans necessitates understanding of factors influencing veterans’ attitudes about mental health treatment and decisions to seek services. The present study examined relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, perceived support from spouse, and attitudes toward mental health help-seeking among married U.S. veterans. Participants (N =39) were recruited using social media outreach, an online gaming platform, and through print fliers. First, it was hypothesized that perceived spousal support would be significantly positively correlated with attitudes toward treatment seeking, which was supported to a moderate degree (r=.345, p=.031). Second, it was hypothesized that PTSD symptom severity and perceived support from spouse would be negatively correlated at a significance level of .05, which was not supported (r=-0.184, p=.263). Third, it was hypothesized that participation in mental health treatment would be associated with more positive attitudes toward mental health services, which was supported, t(37)=2.51, p=0.016. Furthermore, PTSD diagnostic status was found to moderate the relationship between perceived support from spouse and attitudes toward mental health treatment, such that support was associated with more positive treatment attitudes for married veterans without PTSD (r=.440, p=0.012); but this relationship may be reversed or extinguished in the presence of posttraumatic symptoms above clinical threshold for probable diagnosis. Clinical implications of study findings, limitations to the study, and directions for future research are discussed

Density and abundance of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, in the Kennebecasis River, New Brunswick and evidence of recent recruitment

Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera (L., 1758) populations are endangered or threatened throughout Europe, and those in eastern Canada are believed to be some of the most abundant populations remaining worldwide. Although M. margaritifera occurs widely in Atlantic Canada, there is little information to allow its conservation status in the region to be assessed or to place these populations in a global context. Using 0.25 m2 survey quadrats, maximum densities of M. margaritifera in six mussel beds on the Kennebecasis River and a tributary in southeastern New Brunswick were found to range from 12 to 200 m-2. Mean densities at the five mainstem sites ranged from to 1.9 m-2 (SE±0.4) to 16.0 m-2 (±4.3). Mean density on the tributary stream was 1.2 m-2 (SE±0.7). Abundance of M. margaritifera at the six sites ranged from 4,536 (SE±2,600) to 55,520 (SE±14,768) and together the six mussel beds supported an estimated 161,315 Freshwater Pearl Mussels. The presence of juvenile M. margaritifera as small as 11.5 mm at the most upstream site, and Freshwater Pearl Mussels <30 mm at all sites, indicates that there had been recruitment of M. margaritifera juveniles in the Kennebecasis River in the 4–6 years prior to the 2007–2008 study

Toward representative government. [Canada] by Ken F. Sollows and Kuma Sumathipala

Canada has some fundamental problems, not least of which is the public's dissatisfaction with their elected representatives. Provided by MICAH, Canberra

Rice - fish culture in North East Thailand : the diversity stability link

Meeting: International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements International Scientific Conference, 6th, 18-21 Aug. 1986, Santa Cruz, Calif., U

A Comparison of Hybrid Heating Systems and New Generation Facilities for Peak Electricity Load Management

This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of hybrid heating systems as an electric load-management tool for Canadian utilities, based on an analysis of data for the Province of New Brunswick. In comparison to all-electric systems, the study indicates that hybrid heating systems offer many advantages: they are less costly when peak electricity generation is provided by combustion turbines; they can eliminate the need for new peak generating capacity within the 15 year planning horizon of the utility; the higher energy conversion efficiency of hybrid systems reduces oil consumption, and C02 and SOx emissions; and they can be produced, installed and maintained locally, unlike the major components of power plants and many of their installation and maintenance services, which are imported. The constraints upon implementation of the technology are also discussed. A demand management leasing scheme, in which the utility leases the hybrid heating technology from the customer, is described. It offers political and public relations advantages over more traditional cost allocation schemes and ensures the long-term availability of the technology

Rice fish culture in North East Thailand : stability and sustainability

Meeting: International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, International Conference, 6th, 18-21 Aug. 1986, Santa Cruz, Fla., USRev. ed