The Australian Defence Force Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study: Design and methods

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Van Hooff, Miranda ^a   McFarlane, Alexander C ^a   Davies, Christopher E ^a   Searle, Amelia K ^a   Kate Fairweather Schmidt, A ^b   Verhagen, Alan ^c   Benassi, Helen ^c   Hodson, Stephanie E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Defence Force Joint Health Command   (Australia)

^d Department of Veterans’ Affairs ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective; Alcohol; Anxiety; Mental disorder; Military; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923597954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.23950     Document Type: Article

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