title: Psychiatric medications for deployment: an update.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article discusses issues regarding the usage of psychotropic medications during military deployments, with emphasis on Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  
  METHODS
  The role of psychotropic medications in the Army combat stress control doctrine is reviewed and compared with operational experiences of psychiatrists who have deployed to Iraq, Bosnia, and Egypt.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Many issues regarding psychotropic medications experienced by deployed psychiatrists are not discussed in the Army combat stress control doctrine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The advent of new psychotropic medications, the changes in the types of conflicts fought, and the role of National Guard and Reserve forces in current conflicts have all had an impact on the role and usage of psychotropic medications during military deployments.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Benedek
authors: Brett J
authors: BJ
authors: Schneider
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Bradley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008603:Mental Health; D008889:Military Personnel; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs