Decades of transition for the US reserves: Changing demands on reserve identity and mental well-being

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-191

  Griffith, James ^a  

^a Joint Forces Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FREEDOM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MOBILIZATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESERVE IDENTITY; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WAR; WORK EXPERIENCE;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955566397     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.541904     Document Type: Article

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