Wartime military deployment and increased pediatric mental and behavioral health complaints

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1058-1066

  Gorman, Gregory H ^a,b   Eide, Matilda ^a   Hisle Gorman, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Deployment; Military; Pediatric mental health

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 78649668559     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2856     Document Type: Article

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