The stress continuum model: A military organizational approach to resilience and recovery

Resilience and Mental Health: Challenges Across the Lifespan

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 238-252

  Nash, William P ^a   Steenkamp, Maria ^b   Conoscenti, Lauren ^b   Litz, Brett T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867666468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511994791.018     Document Type: Chapter

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