Factors affecting help seeking for mental health problems after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-105

  Hines, Lindsey A ^a   Goodwin, Laura ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARMY; ARTICLE; DIVORCED PERSON; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PREVALENCE; SEPARATED PERSON; SOLDIER; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOOD DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892384780     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.004972012     Document Type: Article

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