Early psychosocial intervention following operational deployment: Analysis of a free text questionnaire response

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-625

  Burdett, Howard ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051609894     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00474     Document Type: Article

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