Effects of an outreach intervention on use of mental health services by veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-374

  McFall, Miles ^a,b   Malte, Carol ^e   Fontana, Alan ^c,d   Rosenheck, Robert A ^c,d  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0034007879     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.3.369     Document Type: Article

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