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What's so special about military veterans?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neil Greenberg
Neil Greenberg*
Affiliation:
Psychological Medicine, King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London, London, UK, email sososanta@aol.com
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Abstract

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The mental health of military veterans has been, and continues to be, a topic of heated political and journalistic debate. There is a well-documented impact of conflict upon the mental health of service personnel, and most nations have aimed to provide effective care for individuals who have fought for their country. However, as the three thematic papers in this issue demonstrate, the realities of service-related mental health are rather more complex than they initially appear.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 2014 , pp. 81 - 83
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