Prevalence of mental health problems among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have and have not received VA services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 833-835

  Vaughan, Christine A ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a   Tanielian, Terri ^a   Jaycox, Lisa H ^a   Marshall, Grant N ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; VETERAN; WAR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84901916600     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300111     Document Type: Article

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