Perceived stigma and barriers to mental health care utilization among OEF-OIF veterans

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1118-1122

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b   Johnson, Douglas C ^c   Goldstein, Marc B ^d   Malley, James C ^d   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; VETERAN;

EID: 69149105301     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.8.1118     Document Type: Article

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