Changes in psychiatric status and service use associated with continued compensation seeking after claim determinations for posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-48

  Sayer, Nina A ^a,b,c   Spoont, Michele ^a,c   Nelson, David B ^a,b   Clothier, Barb ^a   Murdoch, Maureen ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS;

EID: 41549096352     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20309     Document Type: Article

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