Mental health impact of Afghanistan and Iraq deployment: Meeting the challenge of a new generation of veterans

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-497

  Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE; PRAZOSIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE;

AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRAQ; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NIGHTMARE; PAIN; PARANOIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREJUDICE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 66749139760     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20581     Document Type: Short Survey

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