Military medicine
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To calculate the annual rate of psychiatric evacuation of U.S. Service members out of Iraq and Afghanistan and identify risk factors for evacuation. ⋯ Risk for psychiatric evacuation is highest among the Army Active Component. A strong link between multiple deployments or combat-related exposure and psychiatric evacuation is not apparent. Increased risk among post-2001 accessions suggests further review of changes in recruitment, training, and deployment policies and practices.
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We assessed the relationship between active duty status and daily insufficient sleep in a telephone survey. ⋯ Adults with either recent or past active duty have a greater risk for daily insufficient sleep.