Measuring Barriers to Mental Health Care in the Military: The Rand Barriers and Facilitators to Care Item Banks

This report summarizes the findings of a study to develop an item bank of barriers to mental health care–a repository of survey questions phrased in a nonbiased way about different aspects of mental health treatment and avoidance–for the Department of Defense (DoD); establish the reliability and preliminary validity of the item bank and a short form; and identify options for how DoD can use the item bank to assess and monitor barriers to care.