Predictors of decline in overall mental health, PTSD and alcohol use in OEF/OIF veterans

This study identified predictors of worsening mental health (including PTSD and alcohol use) over a 6-month period following return from deployment to Iraq (OIF) or Afghanistan (OIF). Using a national sample of 512 OEF/OIF veterans surveyed within 12months of return from deployment (T1), and 6months later (T2), we obtained demographic and deployment characteristics, risk and resilience factors, mental health status, PTSD and alcohol abuse. We performed logistic regression analyses to identify predictors of worse mental health, PTSD or alcohol use between T1 and T2, controlling for initial levels.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mark Schultz, Mark E. Glickman, Susan V. Eisen Source Type: research