Postdeployment, Self-reporting of mental health problems, and barriers to care

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-253

  Visco, Rosanne ^a  

^a LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental health; Postdeployment; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349551759     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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