Association between adverse childhood experiences and combat-related PTSD among Israeli conscripts referred for pre-enlistment mental health evaluations

Abstract: Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been associated with PTSD in military populations, but most studies assess ACEs retrospectively after trauma …

Self-reported depressive and anxiety symptoms associated with fitness for military service and social-communicative skills in young Finnish men

Abstract: Studies on the association of self-reported depressive and anxiety symptoms with release from compulsory military service at the military call-up and with …

Health literacy and health-related habits among conscripts in the Norwegian Armed Forces-a cross-sectional survey

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Although health information is widely available to the Norwegian population a lack of health literacy is still common and considered a public health …

Psychiatric Exemptions at Call-Up and During Military Service: A Comparative Study

Abstract: Background: Military conscription is a legal obligation in many countries. Different psychiatric disorders may result in exemptions from compulsory military service. The …

Military service of home-schooled graduates in Israel

Abstract: How do home-schooled graduates cope with military service? This question is particularly significant in Israel where compulsory military service is a central part of …

Conscription and Military Service: Do They Result in Future Violent and Nonviolent Incarcerations and Recidivism?

Abstract: Employing nonparametric bounds, we examine the effect of military service on incarceration outcomes using the Vietnam draft lotteries as a possibly invalid instrumental …

Evaluating the labor-market effects of compulsory military service

This article considers the impact that Germany's compulsory military service (CMS) had on the lifetime earnings potential of those who served, compared to those born afterwards. …

Conscription and Democracy: The Mythology of Civil— Military Relations

Abstract: The assumption of a mutually conditional relationship between democracy and conscription is a persistent aspect of the debate on civil—military relations. This article …