Prevalence, comorbidity, and prognosis of mental health among US veterans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2564-2569

  Trivedi, Ranak B ^a   Post, Edward P ^c   Sun, Haili ^b   Pomerantz, Andrew ^d   Saxon, Andrew J ^b   Piette, John D ^c   Maynard, Charles ^b   Arnow, Bruce ^e   Curtis, Idamay ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^f   Nelson, Karin ^b  

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

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Disaster Mental Health Services   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84946781815     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302836     Document Type: Article

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