Stigma and Demographic Correlates of Help-Seeking Intentions in Returning Service Members

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-85

  Blais, Rebecca K ^a   Renshaw, Keith D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874022650     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21772     Document Type: Article

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