Veterans with PTSD report more weight loss barriers than Veterans with no mental health disorders

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Klingaman, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Hoerster, Katherine D ^c,d   Aakre, Jennifer M ^a,b   Viverito, Kristen M ^e,f   Medoff, Deborah R ^a,b   Goldberg, Richard W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

MOVE!; Post traumatic stress disorder; Veterans; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EATING HABIT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRESS; VETERAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84959255628     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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