Posttraumatic stress disorder post Iraq and Afghanistan: Prevalence among military subgroups

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 468-479

  Hines, Lindsey A ^a   Sundin, Josefin ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Deployment; Meta analysis; Military subgroups; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prevalence; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; AFGHANISTAN; AIR FORCE; ARMY; CANADA; HUMAN; IRAQ; META ANALYSIS; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84907227137     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405900903     Document Type: Review

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