Does compensation status influence treatment participation and course of recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder?

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1039-1045

  Laffaye, Charlene ^a,b,e   Rosen, Craig S ^b,e   Schnurr, Paula P ^c,d   Friedman, Matthew J ^c,d  

^a VA HSR and D   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office White River Junction   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 35348911983     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.10.1039     Document Type: Article

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