U.S. military enlisted accession mental health screening: History and current practice

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-35

  Cardona, Robert Andrew ^a   Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron ^b  

^a Reynolds Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^b Virginia Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; STUDENT RECRUITMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846124590     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.1.31     Document Type: Article

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