Predictors of Mental Health and Medical Service Use in Veterans Presenting With Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychological Services

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-119

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Reeves, Andrea N ^b   Frueh, B Christopher ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 33748967020     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.1.2.111     Document Type: Article

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