Treatment-seeking barriers for veterans of the iraq and afghanistan conflicts who screen positive for PTSD

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-283

  Stecker, Tracy ^a   Shiner, Brian ^a,b   Watts, Bradley V ^a,b   Jones, Meissa ^a,b   Conner, Kenneth R ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STIGMA; TELECONSULTATION; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883122487     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.001372012     Document Type: Article

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