Psychiatric History, Deployments, and Impacts of Seeking Mental Health Care in a Combat Theater

Abstract

Rates of mental health in service members deployed to Afghanistan continue to rise, with service members with 3+ deployments displaying highest rates of psychological problems and use of psychiatric medications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2016
Accession Number
AD1030632

Entities

People

  • Anderson A. Rowan
  • Colleen M. Varga
  • Jeffrey P. Haibach
  • Michael A. Glotfelter

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Behavioral Medicine
  • Deployment
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Mental Health

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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