Serving those who served: Retention of newly returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan in mental health treatment

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Harpaz Rotem, Ilan ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SURVIVAL; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 79953052470     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0022     Document Type: Article

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