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Summary
Two hundred sixty-two Army National Guard Service members participated in a diagnostic interview and survey within one year of return from deployment to Iraq; they completed a survey one year later to examine the role of mental health diagnosis on occupational functioning. Army National Guard Service members with psychiatric diagnosis (posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sub-threshold PTSD, major depression, or alcohol problems) are likely to struggle more with occupational functioning than service members without these diagnoses. However, thee diagnoses did not affect employment status.
Citation
Erbes, C. R., Kaler, M. E., Schult, T., Polusny, M. A., Arbisi, P. A. (2011). Mental Health Diagnosis and Occupational Functioning in National Guard/Reserve Veterans Returning From Iraq. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 48, 1159-1170. doi:10.1682/JRRD.2010.11.0212