Differences Among U.S. Military Personnel Evacuated for Psychiatric Conditions from the Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Theaters
Significant differences were identified in service members who had a psychiatric aeromedical evacuations from OEF and OIF regarding demographic factors and military characteristics. Even though fewer services members were evacuated for suicidal ideations during OIF, a higher number of services members were evacuated for suicide attempts. This inverse trend may be attributable to deployment stressors or healthcare services differences delivered in theater. Similarly, this may explain the difference in the prevalence of diagnosed conditions.
Authors
- Alan L. Peterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-2936)
- Jose Lara‐Ruiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-5246)
- Casey L. Straud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8875-1906)
- Willie J. Hale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7172-9566)
- Cubby L. Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-7692)
- Stacey Young-McCaughan
- Jeffrey A Cigrang
- Monty T Baker
- Kimberly D Gomes
- Brian A Moore
Institutions
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Kennesaw State University (US)
- Defense Health Agency (US)
- Florida Keys Community College (US)
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf601
- Primary Topic
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00