A survey of perceived barriers and attitudes toward mental health care among OEF/OIF veterans at va outpatient mental health clinics

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 273-278

  Garcia, Hector A ^a,b   Finley, Erin P ^a,b,c   Ketchum, Norma ^b   Jakupcak, Matthew ^d   Dassori, Albana ^a,b   Reyes, Stephanie C ^b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 84901618779     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00076     Document Type: Article

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