Afterdeployment.org: A web-based multimedia wellness resource for the postdeployment military community

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 455-462

  Bush, Nigel E ^a   Bosmajian, Charles P ^a   Fairall, Jonathan M ^a   McCann, Russell A ^a   Ciulla, Robert P ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment; Internet; Military; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755163139     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025038     Document Type: Article

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