Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening Instruments: How Good Are They?

Abstract

The U.S. military has been conducting psychological screening of deploying and redeploying troops for a number of years for early identification of service members at risk for mental health problems. Currently research is being conducted to assess the validity of the clinical domains included on the screening instrument. As part of this systematic assessment, a blind validation study was conducted in March 2004 with soldiers returning from a year long deployment to Iraq. The results of this study are summarized for each clinical domain, detailing the development of a short, but valid and comprehensive screening instrument.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433073

Entities

People

  • Amy B Adler
  • Charles W. Hoge
  • Jeffrey L. Thomas
  • Kathleen M. Wright
  • Paul D. Bliese

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Biomedical Research
  • Civilian Population
  • Deployment
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Iraqi-War
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

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