Mental health treatment seeking by military members with posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings on rates, characteristics, and predictors from a nationally representative Canadian military sample

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Fikretoglu, Deniz ^a,b,g   Brunet, Alain ^a,b   Guay, Stéphane ^b,c   Pedlar, David ^d,e,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ste Anne Hospital   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^d Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^g NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care use; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34248200321     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370705200208     Document Type: Article

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