Prevalence of mental health problems, treatment need, and barriers to care among primary care-seeking spouses of military service members involved in Iraq and Afghanistan deployments

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1051-1056

  Eaton, Karen M ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^a   Messer, Stephen C ^b   Whitt, Allison A ^a   Cabrera, Oscar A ^c   McGurk, Dennis ^c   Cox, Anthony ^a   Castro, Carl A ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c US Army Medical Research Unit   (United States)

^d U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; STIGMA;

EID: 56049098762     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.11.1051     Document Type: Article

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