Could comprehensive soldier fitness have iatrogenic consequences? A commentary

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-246

  Smith, Stephanie L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879599496     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-012-9302-2     Document Type: Review

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