Are there racial/ethnic disparities in VA PTSD treatment retention?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 415-425

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; ethnicity race; health services; PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE; VETERAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT DROPOUT; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEROTONIN AND NORADRENALINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84929318285     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22295     Document Type: Article

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