Military mental health training: Building resilience

Resilience and Mental Health: Challenges Across the Lifespan

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 323-339

  Castro, Carl Andrew ^a   Adler, Amy B ^b  

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

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

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EID: 84881280919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511994791.024     Document Type: Chapter

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