objective: this study was conducted to identify the characteristics of patients with psychosis who had escaped from hospital or were discharged prematurely and against medical advice. method: we carried out this retrospective study on 72 patients with psychosis who were discharged prematurely over a 38-month period and compared them to 76 patients with psychosis who were discharged according to...

Within the stress and coping theoretical framework the study examines how concepts experience, appraise and deal with various aspects of life during the 'beginning phase of their military service. A set of self-report instruments measuring potential sources of problems during military service, cognitive appraisals and the ways of coping with stressors was administered on the sample of 449 males...

Several recent articles have explored the effects of military deployment on U.S. service members' mental health outcomes. Although increased attention has also begun to focus on the effects of deployment on military families, providing a conceptualization for the mechanisms of this process can help organize existing information and inform future efforts. In this article we seek to draw greater ...

Meningococcal disease has historically been associated with military populations, particularly during periods of mobilization. Although the U.S. military has now been engaged in conflicts for nearly a decade, the incidence of meningococcal disease in the U.S. population as a whole has reached historic lows. Despite vaccination of all service members in basic military training, the risk of menin...

The authors of a recently published article entitled, " Adverse childhood experiences and risk for suicidal behavior in male Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking PTSD treatment " by Carroll et al. (1) examined a range of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among Iraq/Afghanistan veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The researchers found that the majority of veter...

Most research on military service focuses on its short-term negative consequences, especially the mental and physical injuries of those deployed in warzones. However, studies of long-term outcomes reveal surprisingly positive effects of military service--both those early in adulthood that grow over time and others that can emerge later in life. These multidomain effects have been found in veter...

AIMS The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with suicidal ideation among young men exempted from compulsory military or civil service in Finland. METHODS The study involved a total of 356 men exempted from military or civil service. The research data were collected using questionnaires and register data. RESULTS One third of the young men exempted from compulsory military ...

The current investigation identified the gender-specific prevalence of sexual harassment and assault experienced during U.S. military service and the negative mental and physical health correlates of these experiences in a sample of former reservists. We surveyed a stratified random sample of 3,946 former reservists about their experiences during military service and their current health, inclu...

OBJECTIVE In response to health concerns of military members about deployment and other service-related exposures, the Department of Defense (DoD) initiated the largest prospective study ever undertaken in the U.S. military. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING The Millennium Cohort uses a phased enrollment strategy to eventually include more than 100,000 U.S. service members who will be followed up thro...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Tattoos are an increasingly prevalent form of self-expression, especially for adolescents. This study was conducted to determine health-risk behaviors associated with tattoos in young men and women entering military service. METHODS We surveyed a cohort of 550 military recruits using a modification of the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (YRBS), a validated instrument us...