Mental health beliefs and their relationship with treatment seeking among U.S. OEF/OIF Veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-313

  Vogt, Dawne ^a,b   Fox, Annie B ^a   Di Leone, Brooke A L ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN; WAR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84902652457     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21919     Document Type: Article

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