The Role of Different Stigma Perceptions in Treatment Seeking and Dropout among Active Duty Military Personnel

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 142-149

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   Jennings, Kristen S ^a   Cheung, Janelle H ^a   Pury, Cynthia L S ^a   Zinzow, Heidi M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dropout; military; stigma; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DROPOUT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946487885     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/prj0000120     Document Type: Article

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