Description of Risk and Resilience Factors among Military Medical Personnel before Deployment to Iraq
Military medicine ISSN 0026-4075 CODEN MMEDA9
2008, vol. 173, no1, pp. 1-9 [9 page(s) (article)]
Author(s) MAGUEN Shira ; TURCOTTE Diane M. ; PETERSON Alan L. ; DREMSA Theresa L. ; GARB Howard N. ; MCNALLY Richard J. ; LITZ Brett
Military medical personnel preparing for deployment to Iraq (N = 328) participated in a survey concerning pre-deployment risk and resilience factors. Participants reported exposure to an average of 2.5 potentially traumatic events before deployment and 76% (n = 229) reported at least two current concerns about pre-deployment stressors.
