Symptom severity and lifetime and prospective health service use among military veterans evaluated for PTSD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-184

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^b   Snyder, Jessica J ^c   North, Terry C ^d,e   Heaney, Christopher J ^d,e   Frueh, B Christopher ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of South Dakota   (United States)

^d VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health services; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Service utilization; Structural model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERAN;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34249105161     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20188     Document Type: Article

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