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  • Veterinary medicine
  • Disaster response
  • Behavioral health

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  • Veterinary disaster responders face unique stressors.
  • Understanding behavioral health challenges is critical for this population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors associated with behavioral health outcomes in veterinary disaster responders.
  • To inform targeted interventions and support systems.

Main Methods:

  • Online cross-sectional survey utilizing snowball sampling.
  • Analysis of responses from 237 veterinarians.
  • Chi-square analyses to determine statistical associations.

Main Results:

  • Multiple disaster deployments correlated with increased anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and sleep problems.
  • Longer deployments (>2 months) and involvement in depopulation events showed the highest prevalence of adverse behavioral health outcomes.
  • Veterinarians receiving prior behavioral health training reported lower rates of anxiety and/or depression.

Conclusions:

  • Deployment frequency, duration, involvement in depopulation, and access to behavioral health training are significant factors influencing responder well-being.
  • Interventions including time-off and robust behavioral health support are recommended to mitigate risks.