Recent trends in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental disorders in the VHA

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 471-476

  Hermes, Eric D A ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b   Desai, Rani ^a,b   Fontana, Alan F ^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

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAQ; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERANS HEALTH; VIET NAM; WORKLOAD;

AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MENTAL DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 84860743615     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100432     Document Type: Article

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