Mental health of canadian forces members while on deployment to afghanistan

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 736-744

  Garber, Bryan G ^a   Zamorski, Mark A ^a   Jetly, Col Rakesh ^b  

^a Canadian Forces Health Services Group Headquarters   (Canada)

^b Canadian Forces Health Services Group Headquarters   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mental disorders; Military personnel; Posttraumatic; Stress disorders; Use of health services; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS; AFGHANISTAN; AIR FORCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY CONFLICT; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STRESS;

EID: 84873864898     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371205701205     Document Type: Article

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