Objective: High rates of mental health concerns have been documented in US Army soldiers
deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The goal of this study was to compare the …

Mental health concerns have been documented in soldiers postdeployed from Iraq or
Afghanistan, but information is limited regarding individuals directed to deploy again …

Introduction: This study reports on the feasibility of using validated mental health screening
instruments for deployed Operation Iraqi Freedom military personnel. Methods: For a 3 …

Context A growing body of literature has demonstrated the association of combat in Iraq and
Afghanistan with postdeployment mental health problems, particularly posttraumatic stress …

OBJECTIVE: Over 1.8 million troops have been deployed to Iraq (OIF) and Afghanistan.
Estimates of mental health problems postdeployment have been based on screening …

Objective: The authors assessed the effectiveness of a systematic method of predeployment
mental health screening to determine whether screening decreased negative outcomes …

Objective: An important minority of military personnel will experience mental health
problems after overseas deployments. Our study sought to describe the prevalence and …

ContextTo promote early identification of mental health problems among combat veterans,
the Department of Defense initiated population-wide screening at 2 time points, immediately …

We conducted a retrospective study of 473,964 US Army soldiers deployed to Iraq and
Afghanistan through December 2004 using deployment and admission records. We …

ContextThe US military has conducted population-level screening for mental health
problems among all service members returning from deployment to Afghanistan, Iraq, and …