Predictors of operation enduring freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans' engagement in mental health treatment

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1183-1187

  Hearne, Catherine R M ^a  

^a New Mexico VA Healthcare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887050057     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00245     Document Type: Article

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