The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on impairment in the UK military at the time of the Iraq war

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 649-655

  Rona, Roberto J ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Iversen, Amy ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Functional impairment; Intrusiveness; Military; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARMY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIVORCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 61449094775     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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