Combat wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2005 to 2009
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Iraq and Afghanistan veteran presentations to combat stress, since 2003.
BACKGROUND Recently, proposals have been made to improve mental health care for U.K. military veterans. Combat stress (CS), a veteran's charity, has provided mental health services for veterans since 1919. Since 2003, service users have included veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts; however, their pattern of help-seeking has not been evaluated. AIMS To describe the characteristics...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.08.003