The impact of predeployment functional impairment on mental health after combat

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-269

  Wright, Kathleen M ^a   Cabrera, Oscar A ^b   Eckford, Rachel D ^a   Adler, Amy B ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

combat trauma; functional impairment; postcombat adjustment; PTSD risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874086030     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024373     Document Type: Article

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