Patterns and predictors of treatment delay for mental disorders in a nationally representative, active canadian military sample

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Fikretoglu, Deniz ^a,e,f   Liu, Aihua ^b   Pedlar, Dave ^a,b,c   Brunet, Alain ^d  

^a Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health services utilization; Mental health; Military

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949107824     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181bd4bf9     Document Type: Article

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