Stigmas and Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Treatment in a Sample of Veterans and Active Duty Service Members

Traumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-143

  Held, Philip ^a   Owens, Gina P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes towards mental health; military; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876975915     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765612455227     Document Type: Article

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