Perceived barriers to seeking mental health care among united states marine corps noncommissioned officers serving as gatekeepers for suicide prevention

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1020-1025

  VanSickle, Marcus ^a   Werbel, Aaron ^a,b   Perera, Kanchana ^a   Pak, Kyna ^a   DeYoung, Kathryn ^a   Ghahramanlou Holloway, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine corps; Military; Perceived barriers to care; Principal component analysis; Stigma; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; TRUST;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953923717     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000212     Document Type: Article

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