Sleep disturbance is common among servicemembers and veterans of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

Psychological Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-219

  Plumb, Taylor R ^a   Peachey, John T ^b   Zelman, Diane C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Military service; Nightmares; PTSD; Sleep; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901619775     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034958     Document Type: Article

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