Mental health of UK military personnel while on deployment in Iraq

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 405-410

  Mulligan, Kathleen ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Woodhead, Charlotte ^a   Davies, Mark ^b   Wessely, Simon ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRiM Training Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249254297     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.077263     Document Type: Article

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