Risk of incarceration and other characteristics of Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans in state and federal prisons

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-43

  Tsai, Jack ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b   Kasprow, Wesley J ^c   McGuire, James F ^d  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047688670     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200188     Document Type: Article

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