Perceptions of stigma and barriers to care among UK military personnel deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 539-557

  Osório, Carlos ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Fertout, Mohammed ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; barriers to care; Iraq; PTSD; stigma; UK military

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884249999     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2012.725470     Document Type: Article

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