Evaluation of a third-location decompression program for Canadian Forces members returning from Afghanistan.
Background: Service members returning from combat can experience difficulty adapting to home life. To help ease this transition, the Canadian Forces provides a Third-location Decompression (TLD) program in Cyprus to members returning from deployment to Afghanistan.Methods: The 5-day program consists...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 177; no. 4; pp. 397 - 404 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2012
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