Diagnostic specificity and mental health service utilization among veterans with newly diagnosed anxiety disorders

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 192-198

  Barrera, Terri L ^a,b,c   Mott, Juliette M ^a,b,c   Hundt, Natalie E ^a,b,c   Mignogna, Joseph ^a,b,c   Yu, Hong Jen ^a,b,c   Stanley, Melinda A ^a,b,c   Cully, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiety disorder not otherwise specified; Diagnostic; Mental health service utilization; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC LOCATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE USE; VETERAN;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; DIAGNOSTIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84895484949     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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