Impact of treatment beliefs and social network encouragement on initiation of care by VA service users with PTSD

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 654-662

  Spoont, Michele R ^a,b   Nelson, David B ^a,b   Murdoch, Maureen ^a,b   Rector, Thomas ^a,b   Sayer, Nina A ^a,b   Nugent, Sean ^a   Westermeyer, Joseph ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; ADOLESCENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901946555     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200324     Document Type: Article

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