PTSD treatment for soldiers after combat deployment: Low utilization ofmental health care and reasons for dropout

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 997-1004

  Hoge, Charles W ^a   Grossman, Sasha H ^a   Auchterlonie, Jennifer L ^a   Riviere, Lyndon A ^a   Milliken, Charles S ^a   Wilk, Joshua E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; STIGMA; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926358953     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300307     Document Type: Article

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