Characteristics of deployed operation Iraqi freedom military personnel who seek mental health care

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-158

  Felker, Bradford ^a,b   Hawkins, Eric ^a,b   Dobie, Dorcas ^a,b   Gutierrez, Jorge ^c   McFall, Miles ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOLDIER; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 39049165350     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.2.155     Document Type: Article

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