Predictors of barriers to mental health treatment for Kosovo and Bosnia peacekeepers: A preliminary report

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 454-458

  Maguen, Shira ^a   Litz, Brett T ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646563714     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.5.454     Document Type: Article

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