Military-related PTSD, current disability policies, and malingering

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 773-774

  Marx, Brian P ^a,b,c   Miller, Mark W ^a,b   Sloan, Denise M ^a,b   Litz, Brett T ^a,b   Kaloupek, Danny G ^a,b   Keane, Terence M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; MALINGERING; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS;

EID: 43049168822     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.133223     Document Type: Letter

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