Mental health among commando, airborne and other UK infantry personnel

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 552-559

  Sundin, J ^a   Jones, N ^a   Greenberg, N ^a   Rona, R J ^a   Hotopf, M ^a   Wessely, S ^a   Fear, N T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne forces; Commando forces; Marines; PTSD; UK

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77957259599     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq129     Document Type: Article

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