Circumventing Mental Health Stigma by Embracing the Warrior Culture: Lessons Learned From the Defender's Edge Program

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-23

  Bryan, Craig J ^a   Morrow, Chad E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Maxwell Gunter AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment; Mental health stigma; Military; OEF OIF

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953011091     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022290     Document Type: Article

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