Posttraumatic Stress and Stigma in Active-Duty Service Members Relate to Lower Likelihood of Seeking Support

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-119

  Blais, Rebecca K ^a   Renshaw, Keith D ^b   Jakupcak, Matthew ^a,c  

^a Mental Health Service   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893600432     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21888     Document Type: Article

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