Access, utilization, and interest in mHealth applications among veterans receiving outpatient care for PTSD

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1218-1222

  Erbes, Christopher R ^a   Stinson, Rebecca ^b   Kuhn, Eric ^c   Polusny, Melissa ^a   Urban, Jessica ^a   Hoffman, Julia ^c   Ruzek, Josef I ^c   Stepnowsky, Carl ^d   Thorp, Steven R ^d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Forest Park Health Center   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGER MANAGEMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SMARTPHONE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGER MANAGEMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SMARTPHONE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928546161     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00014     Document Type: Article

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