Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 313-319 , June 2005

A survey of PTSD screening and referral practices in VA addiction treatment programs

  • Helena E. Young, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 493 5000x22976; fax: +1 617 2584
    • ,
  • Craig S. Rosen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    • VA Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    • ,
  • John W. Finney, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    • Stanford-VA Center for Health Care Evaluation, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Received 31 May 2004 ,Revised 25 February 2005 ,Accepted 25 February 2005.

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☆ The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S0740-5472(05)00048-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.02.006

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 313-319 , June 2005

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