The effects of age on initiation of mental health treatment after positive PTSD screens among Veterans Affairs primary care patients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 654-659

  Lu, Mary W ^a,b   Carlson, Kathleen F ^a,c   Duckart, Jonathan P ^a   Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass screening; Posttraumatic stress disorders; Veterans psychology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84867862735     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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