Does trauma risk management reduce psychological distress in deployed troops?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 645-650

  Frappell Cooke, W ^a   Gulina, M ^b   Green, K ^c   Hacker Hughes, J ^a   Greenberg, N ^d  

^a HQ Surgeon General   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Navy Command Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Combat; Military; Post traumatic stress disorder; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER GROUP; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649787014     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq149     Document Type: Article

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