Sources of the increasing number of Vietnam era veterans with a diagnosis of PTSD using VHA services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 830-832

  Hermes, Eric D A ^a,b   Hoff, Rani ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DISABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; VIET NAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS; VETERANS HEALTH; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84901941677     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300232     Document Type: Article

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