Substance use and other mental health disorders among veterans returning to the inner city: Prevalence, correlates, and rates of unmet treatment need

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 880-893

  Vazan, Peter ^a   Golub, Andrew ^a   Bennett, Alex S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevalence estimates; Respondent driven sampling (RDS); Substance use and mental health disorders; Unmet treatment need; Veterans' reintegration

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 84880651698     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.796989     Document Type: Article

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