Explanations for the increase in mental health problems in UK reserve forces who have served in Iraq

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue JUNE, 2007, Pages 484-489

  Browne, Tess ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Horn, Oded ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Murphy, Dominic ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   French, Claire ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249875151     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.030544     Document Type: Article

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