Distress symptoms and high-risk behaviors prospectively associated with treatment use among returning veterans

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 942-944

  Naragon Gainey, Kristin ^a   Hoerster, Katherine D ^a,b   Malte, Carol A ^a   Jakupcak, Matthew ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866512070     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100349     Document Type: Article

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