Stress and mental disorders in female military personnel: Comparisons between the sexes in a male dominated profession

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-167

  Mota, Natalie P ^a   Medved, Maria ^a   Wang, JianLi ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^c   Whitney, Debbie ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female military personnel; Mental disorders; Occupational stress; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PANIC; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84855996974     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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