Developing community capacity to treat post-deployment mental health problems: A public health initiative

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-291

  Straits Tröster, Kristy A ^a,b   Brancu, Mira ^a,b   Goodale, Bob ^c   Pacelli, Sheryl ^d   Wilmer, Charlotte ^e   Simmons, Erin M ^f   Kudler, Harold ^a,b  

^a VA Mid Atlantic Mental Illness   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d South East Area Health Education Center ^*  (United States)

^e Behavioral Health Program   (United States)

^f Naval Health Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

military families; postdeployment adjustment; trauma; veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855187206     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024645     Document Type: Article

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