Acute military psychiatric casualties from the war in Iraq

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue JUNE, 2005, Pages 476-479

  Turner, Mark A ^a   Kiernan, Mathew D ^b   McKechanie, Andrew G ^c   Finch, Peter J C ^a   McManus, Frank B ^a   Neal, Leigh A ^d  

^a Catterick Garrison ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^c Herdmanflat Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d Southgate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 20644437542     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.6.476     Document Type: Article

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