Longitudinal determinants of mental health treatment-seeking by US soldiers

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 346-350

  Adler, Amy B ^a   Britt, Thomas W ^b   Riviere, Lyndon A ^a   Kim, Paul Y ^a   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^c  

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

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Walter Reed Army Institute of Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943801168     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.146506     Document Type: Review

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