Stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and use of psychotherapy in veterans with diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 879-885

  Rosen, Craig S ^a,b,c   Greenbaum, Mark A ^c   Fitt, Julie E ^a   Laffaye, Charlene ^a,b   Norris, Virginia A ^a,b,d   Kimerling, Rachel ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

help seeking; posttraumatic stress disorder; stigma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STIGMA; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455168237     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182349ea5     Document Type: Article

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