An Intervention to increase Mental Health Treatment Engagement among OIF veterans: A pilot trial

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 613-619

  Stecker, Tracy ^a,b   Fortney, John C ^c,d   Sherbourne, Cathy D ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Patient Safety Division   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051616331     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00428     Document Type: Article

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