Clinical Review
Impact of Mental Health Disorders
Personnel Loss in the U.S. Navy
Fed Pract. 2005 June;22(6):35
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Robert Marietta, MD, LT, MC, USN, Bruce K. Bohnker, MD, MPH, CAPT, MC, USN (FS), Gail H. Manos, MD, CDR, MC, USN, and David M. Sack, MD, MS, CAPT, MC, USN (UMO)
LT Marietta is a staff psychiatrist in the department of psychiatry at Naval Medical Center (NMC) Portsmouth, VA. CAPT Bohnker is the director of population health at the Navy Environmental Health Center, Portsmouth, VA. CDR Manos is the residency program director in the department of psychiatry at NMC Portsmouth, VA. At the time of this writing, CAPT Sack was the commanding officer of the Navy Environmental Health Center.
After learning that such disorders are the second leading cause of medical separation from the U.S. Navy, these researchers took a closer look at the epidemiology of these conditions among personnel referred to the Physical Evaluation Board.