The prevalence of common mental disorders and PTSD in the UK military: Using data from a clinical interview-based study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Iversen, Amy C ^a   van Staden, Lauren ^a   Hughes, Jamie H ^a   Browne, Tess ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Hall, John ^b   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Care and Social Care Advisory Service (HASCAS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIZATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WAR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149109740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-68     Document Type: Article

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