Deployment-related stress and trauma in Dutch soldiers returning from Iraq: Prospective study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue AUG., 2007, Pages 140-145

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Van Den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Weerts, Jos ^b   Arntz, Arnoud ^c   Hox, Joop J C M ^a   McNally, Richard J ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Veterans Institute Centre for Research and Expertise   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34547623944     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034884     Document Type: Article

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