Predictors of Risk and Resilience for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Ground Combat Marines: Methods of the Marine Resiliency Study

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Baker, Dewleen G. ; Nash, William P. ; Litz, Brett T. ; Geyer, Mark A. ; Risbrough, Victoria B. ; Nievergelt, Caroline M. ; O’Connor, Daniel T. ; Larson, Gerald E. ; Schork, Nicholas J. ; Vasterling, Jennifer J. ; Hammer, Paul S. ; Webb-Murphy, Jennifer A.
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• Corporate Authors:
  MRS Team
• Description:
  The Marine Resiliency Study (MRS) is a prospective study of factors predictive of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among approximately 2,600 Marines in 4 battalions deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. We describe the MRS design and predeployment participant characteristics. Starting in 2008, our research team conducted structured clinical interviews on Marine bases and collected data 4 times: at predeployment and at 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months post deployment. Integrated with these data are medical and career histories from the Career History Archival Medical and Personnel System (CHAMPS) database. The CHAMPS database showed that 7.4% of the Marines enrolled in MRS had at least 1 mental health diagnosis. Of enrolled Marines, approximately half (51.3%) had prior deployments. We found a moderate positive relationship between deployment history and PTSD prevalence in these baseline data.
• Subjects:
  • Special Topic
  • Afghan Campaign 2001-
  • Combat Disorders
  • Data Collection
  • Databases, Factual
  • Emotions
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Military Personnel
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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 9.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19831/cdc_19831_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 291.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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