Predictors of general medical and psychological treatment use among a national sample of peacekeeping veterans with health problems

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 580-589

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Don Richardson, J ^b,c   Pedlar, David J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

^d Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services research; Mental health services; Post traumatic; Stress disorders; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; VETERAN;

CANADA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 34247571468     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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