Psychotherapy Utilization for Acute Depression Within the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Psychological Services

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Burnett Zeigler, Inger E ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Paul ^a,b   Zivin, Kara ^a,b   Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b   Austin, Karen ^a   Glass, Joseph E ^c   Flynn, Heather A ^b   Chermack, Stephen T ^a  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Psychotherapy; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874556654     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027957     Document Type: Article

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