Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, mental health problems, and barriers to care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Hoge, Charles W ^a   Castro, Carl A ^a   Messer, Stephen C ^a   McGurk, Dennis ^a   Cotting, Dave I ^a   Koffman, Robert L ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b First Naval Construction Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL LIFE; SOLDIER; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANXIETY; COMBAT DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 3042642128     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa040603     Document Type: Article

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