Mental health impact of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: A review of US research, service provision, and programmatic responses

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-152

  Wells, Timothy S ^a   Miller, Shannon C ^b,c,d   Adler, Amy B ^e   Engel, Charles C ^f   Smith, Tyler C ^a   Fairbank, John A ^g,h  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Education and Clinical Center MIRECC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAQ; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL TASK; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN INJURIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955564898     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2011.558833     Document Type: Review

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