Comorbidity Patterns of Psychiatric Conditions in Canadian Armed Forces Personnel;Modéles de comorbidité des affections psychiatriques chez les membres des Forces armées canadiennes

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 501-510

  Richardson, J Don ^a,b,c,d   Thompson, Amanda ^e   King, Lisa ^c   Ketcheson, Felicia ^c   Shnaider, Philippe ^b,f   Armour, Cherie ^g   St Cyr, Kate ^c   Sareen, Jitender ^h,i   Elhai, Jon D ^j   Zamorski, Mark A ^d,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Mental Health Care Building   (Canada)

^d Lawson Health ResearchInstitute   (Canada)

^e Canadian Forces Health Services Group   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ Operational Stress Injury Clinic   (Canada)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

alcohol use; comorbidity; generalized anxiety disorder; major depressive disorder; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANADA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060192429     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0706743718816057     Document Type: Article

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