The impact of deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan on partners and wives of military personnel

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-200

  De Burgh, H Thomas ^a,b   White, Claire J ^c   Fear, Nicola T ^c   Iversen, Amy C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Centre for Defence Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAQ; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; VIET NAM; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955552752     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2011.560144     Document Type: Article

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