The use of psychological decompression in military operational environments

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 534-538

  Hacker Hughes, Jamie G H ^a,d   Earnshaw, N Mark ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Eldridge, Rod ^b   Fear, Nicola T ^a   French, Claire ^a   Deahl, Martin P ^c   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Flagstaff House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c TA Group Colonel (South)   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL DECOMPRESSION; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 45749154145     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.6.534     Document Type: Review

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