Trends in mental health services utilization and stigma in US soldiers from 2002 to 2011

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1671-1679

  Quartana, Phillip J ^a   Wilk, Joshua E ^a   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^a   Bray, Robert M ^b   Olmsted, Kristine L Rae ^b   Brown, Janice M ^b   Williams, Jason ^b   Kim, Paul Y ^a   Clarke Walper, Kristina ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906077603     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301971     Document Type: Article

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