A comparison of sleep diffi culties among Iraq/Afghanistan theater veterans with and without mental health diagnoses

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 995-1005

  Ulmer, Christi S ^a,b   Van Voorhees, Elizabeth ^a,b   Germain, Anne E ^c   Voils, Corrine I ^a,b   Beckham, Jean C ^a,b,c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health disorders; Prevention; Sleep; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAVIDSON TRAUMA SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; NIGHTMARE; PANIC; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VETERAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84942246381     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5012     Document Type: Article

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