The stigma of mental health problems in the military

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Greene Shortridge, Tiffany M ^a   Britt, Thomas W ^a   Castro, Carl Andrew ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STIGMA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33846939303     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.2.157     Document Type: Review

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