b'Source: In-Theater Mental Health Disorders Among U.S. Soldiers Deployed Between 2008 and 2013. MSMR. 2022 Nov 1;29(11):11-17. PMID: 36790903.likely influenced the observed rates. It is possi- also contribute to the findings of this paper. More ble that female soldiers are more likely than maleresearch is needed to confirm the difference that we soldiers to seek care from professionals. We haveobserved and to help us understand the factors that data from another study that suggests that femalecontribute to these differences, Riggs added.soldiers experience less cohesive connection with1 Paxton Willing MM, Tate LL, OGallagher KG, Evatt DP, Riggs DS. thesoldiersintheirunitthandomalesoldiersIn-Theater Mental Health Disorders Among U.S. Soldiers Deployed which may lead them to seek support elsewhere,Between 2008 and 2013. MSMR. 2022 Nov 1;29(11):11-17. PMID: like from healthcare professionals.36790903.We must also consider the possibility that health- 2 Fijtman A, Clausen A, Kauer-SantAnna M; VA Mid-Atlantic care providers are more likely to diagnose femaleMIRECC Workgroup. Electronic address: [email protected]; Morey R. Trauma history in veterans with bipolar disorder and soldiersthanmalesoldierswithamentalhealthits impact on suicidality. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Jan;157:119-126. disorder when the soldiers do seek care. We do notdoi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.063. Epub 2022 Nov 2. PMID: know that this is occurring, but such a bias could36463626.74'