Prevalence of, Risk Factors for, and Consequences of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Problems in Military Populations Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Ramchand, Rajeev ^a   Rudavsky, Rena ^a   Grant, Sean ^a   Tanielian, Terri ^a   Jaycox, Lisa ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment; Depression; Epidemiology; Health service utilization; Military; PTSD; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AGGRESSION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; IRAQ; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING; COMBAT DISORDERS; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGGRESSION; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84928243913     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0575-z     Document Type: Review

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