Unique PTSD Clusters Predict Intention to Seek Mental Health Care and Subsequent Utilization in US Veterans with PTSD Symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-174

  Blais, Rebecca K ^a   Hoerster, Katherine D ^a,b   Malte, Carol ^a   Hunt, Stephen ^a   Jakupcak, Matthew ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Service   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENTION; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84898884456     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21898     Document Type: Article

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