What happens to British veterans when they leave the armed forces?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Iversen, Amy ^a   Nikolaou, Vasilis ^b   Greenberg, Neil ^b   Unwin, Catherin ^b   Hull, Lisa ^b   Hotopf, Mathew ^b   Dandeker, Christopher ^b   Ross, John ^b   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Weston Education Centre ^*

Author keywords

Employment; Mental health; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ARMY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DREAMING; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 20644444786     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki128     Document Type: Article

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