A conceptual model of the psychological health system for U.S. Active duty service members: An approach to inform leadership and policy decision making

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 596-606

  Wang, Judy Y ^a   Glover, Wiljeana J ^a   Rhodes, Alison M ^a   Nightingale, Deborah ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878853751     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00429     Document Type: Article

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