Coming Home: Social Functioning and the Mental Health of UK Reservists on Return From Deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 666-672

  Harvey, Samuel B ^a   Hatch, Stephani L ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Dandeker, Christopher ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Related Disorders; Combat Disorders; Employment; Mental Disorders; Military Personnel; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Social Participation; Social Support; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961021329     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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