Effect of dwell time on the mental health of US military personnel with multiple combat tours

A.J. MacGregor, P.P. Han, A.L. Dougherty and M.R. Galarneau

American Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 102, issue S1, S55-S59

Abstract: Objective: We investigated the association of the length of time spent at home between deployments, or dwell time, with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health disorders. Methods: We included US Marine Corps personnel identified from military deployment records who deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom once (n = 49 328) or twice (n = 16 376). New-onset mental health diagnoses from military medical databases were included. We calculated the ratio of dwell-to-deployment time (DDR) as the length of time between deployments divided by the length of the first deployment. Results: Marines with 2 deployments had higher rates of PTSD than did those with 1 deployment (2.1% versus 1.2%; P

Date: 2012
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