Mental health outcomes in US and UK military personnel returning from Iraq

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-207

  Sundin, Josefin ^a   Herrell, Richard K ^b   Hoge, Charles W ^b   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Adler, Amy B ^c   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Riviere, Lyndon A ^b   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^b   Wessely, Simon ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895801807     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.129569     Document Type: Article

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