Barriers and facilitators of mental health treatment seeking among active-duty army personnel

Military Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 514-535

  Zinzow, Heidi M ^a   Britt, Thomas W ^a   Pury, Cynthia L S ^a   Raymond, Mary Anne ^a   McFadden, Anna C ^a   Burnette, Crystal M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Facilitators; Help seeking; Military; Service use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900830955     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: 15327876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/mil0000015     Document Type: Article

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