Predeployment and in-theater diagnoses of American military personnel serving in Iraq

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Larson, Gerald E ^a   Hammer, Paul S ^b   Conway, Terry L ^a   Schmied, Emily A ^a   Galarneau, Michael R ^a   Konoske, Paula ^a   Webb Murphy, Jennifer A ^b   Schmitz, Kimberly J ^b   Edwards, Nathan ^a   Johnson, Douglas C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MOOD DISORDER; NAVY; OPERATING ROOM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SOLDIER;

EID: 79953040984     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0015     Document Type: Article

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