Risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder among UK Armed Forces personnel

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-522

  Iversen, A C ^a   Fear, N T ^a   Ehlers, A ^a   Hacker Hughes, J ^a   Hull, L ^a   Earnshaw, M ^a   Greenberg, N ^a   Rona, R ^a   Wessely, S ^a   Hotopf, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed Forces; Combat; Military; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 40449107711     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708002778     Document Type: Article

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