Group therapy among OEF/OIF veterans: Treatment barriers and preferences

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kracen, Amanda C ^a   Mastnak, Julie M ^b   Loaiza, Karen A ^b   Matthieu, Monica M ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875420104     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00213     Document Type: Article

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