Low validity of self-report in identifying recent mental health diagnosis among U.S. service members completing Pre-Deployment Health Assessment (PreDHA) and deployed to Afghanistan, 2007: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nevin, Remington L ^a  

^a Camp Lemonier   (Djibouti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; WAR; DIABETES MELLITUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350259386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-376     Document Type: Article

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