Timing of Mental Disorders Post-Deployment

Relationships between the nature and timing of mental disorders before and after deploying to Iraq/Afghanistan, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002-2008 03/09/09. Th is report describes the natures and frequencies of mental disorder-related medical encounters of active
component U.S. service members before and after their fi rst deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq. In addition, the report assesses relationships between natures and timing of predeployment and postdeployment mental disorder-related medical encounters. Th e findings may inform policies and practices regarding predeployment medical assessments of future deploying service members. AFHSC