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Anxiety Associated with Flying: A Retrospective Survey of Military Aircrew Psychiatric Casualties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. B. Goorney  and
P. J. O'Connor
A. B. Goorney
Affiliation:
Royal Air Force; St. Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, NN1 5DG
P. J. O'Connor
Affiliation:
R.A.F. Central Medical Establishment, Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London W.1
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This paper describes a retrospective study of the influence of personal variables and treatment methods on the prognosis for a return to flying of service aircrew suffering from anxiety states precipitated by flying stress. The study was made preparatory to a prospective investigation of treatment of anxiety states in aircrew.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 549 , August 1971 , pp. 159 - 166
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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