Relative impact of adverse events and screened symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among active duty soldiers seeking mental health care

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-211

  Gahm, Gregory A ^a   Lucenko, Barbara A ^a   Retzlaff, Paul ^b   Fukuda, Seiya ^c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Military; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOLDIER;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947502126     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20330     Document Type: Article

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