The subjective utility of early psychosocial interventions following combat deployment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-107

  Jones, N ^a   Burdett, H ^a   Wessely, S ^a   Greenberg, N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Post traumatic stress; Stigma; Subjective utility; Symptoms; Third location decompression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952027201     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq182     Document Type: Article

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