Trauma exposure, branch of service, and physical injury in relation to mental health among U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In: Military medicine, Jg. 174 (2009-08-01), Heft 8, S. 773
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Significant mental health symptoms are reported in troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (OEF/OIF). Symptomatic troops are more likely to be discharged and become eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) care. Prevalence and predictors of mental health symptoms were assessed in 339 OEF/OIF veterans and reservists registering at the San Diego DVA. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing combat exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom frequency and severity, depression, and substance and alcohol abuse. A minority of participants (36%) did not screen positive for mental health symptoms; the remainder met threshold for caseness of PTSD, depression, or substance and alcohol abuse. Using a hierarchical logistic regression model, gender, age, race, and rank were not significantly related to PTSD caseness, whereas most recent branch of service and report of injury during combat were. Follow-up analyses revealed that trauma history and combat exposure varied by branch of service. Knowledge of base rates and vulnerability factors can aid in rapid detection of "at risk" individuals.
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Trauma exposure, branch of service, and physical injury in relation to mental health among U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Baker, DG ; Heppner, P ; Afari, N ; Nunnink, S ; Kilmer, M ; Simmons, A ; Harder, L ; Bosse, B |
Zeitschrift: | Military medicine, Jg. 174 (2009-08-01), Heft 8, S. 773 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2018- : Oxford : Oxford University Press ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Washington, D.C. : Association of Military Surgeons, United States, 1955-, 2009 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0026-4075 (print) |
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