The role of military chaplains in mental health care of the deployed service member

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Besterman Dahan, Karen ^a   Gibbons, Susanne W ^b   Barnett, Scott D ^a   Hickling, Edward J ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLERGY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; ROLE PLAYING; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLERGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PASTORAL CARE; ROLE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 85046982021     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00071     Document Type: Article

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