Preventing psychological trauma in soldiers: The role of operational stress training and psychological debriefing

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-85

  Deahl, Martin ^a   Srinivasan, Michael ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Thomas, Janice ^a   Neblett, Carl ^a   Jolly, Allan ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 6144220326     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711200160318     Document Type: Article

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