Race and ethnicity as factors in mental health service use among veterans with PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 648-653

  Spoont, Michele R ^a,b   Hodges, James ^c   Murdoch, Maureen ^a,d   Nugent, Sean ^a  

^a Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (3E/111 0)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERANS;

EID: 75749130722     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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