Transition back into civilian life: A study of personnel leaving the U.K. armed forces via "military prison"

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 925-930

  Van Staden, Lauren ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Iversen, Amy C ^a   French, Claire E ^a   Dandeker, Christopher ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CIVILIAN LIFE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY PRISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 34548777647     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.9.925     Document Type: Article

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