Differences in psychiatric symptoms and barriers to mental health care between volunteer and career firefighters

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 247, Issue , 2017, Pages 236-242

  Stanley, Ian H ^a   Boffa, Joseph W ^a   Hom, Melanie A ^a   Kimbrel, Nathan A ^b,c,d   Joiner, Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighter; Mental health service use; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002369811     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.11.037     Document Type: Article

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