Effects of compensation-seeking on treatment outcomes among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Fontana, Alan ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS;

EID: 0031917718     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199804000-00004     Document Type: Article

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