Mental health-related beliefs as a barrier to service use for military personnel and veterans: A review

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Vogt, Dawne ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; VETERAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 85047688070     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0135     Document Type: Review

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