The mental health screening of conscripts for the Singapore armed forces: Rationale, objectives, and design

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1245-1249

  Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Wong, John ^b   Verma, Swapna ^a   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Pek, Elaine ^a   Yiong, Huak Chan ^c   Lee, I Mee ^d   Cheok, Christopher ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Psychological Care Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL WELLNESS SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 37249067099     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.12.1245     Document Type: Article

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