Army Health Education Overseas

Group approaches and army health.

SUMMARY: The use of group approaches in military life is reviewed from a historical perspective, particularly the development of group psychotherapy by British Army psychiatrists in World War 11. The difficulty that the soldier and his wife may have in coping with the stresses of service life, in establishing group and personal identity and in relating to others is highlighted. The value of gro...

Mental health and the army--reply.

Mental Health and the Army To the Editor The articles from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS)1-4 concluded that soldiershavehigher ratesofmental disorders than civilians (especially intermittentexplosivedisorder [IED]), that most conditionspreexistedmilitary service, andthatArmysuicidesareadirect result ofdeployments.As theauthorspointed out, theseconcl...

Dissemination and evaluation of marriage education in the Army.

The effectiveness of marriage education was evaluated in two separate samples of primarily married couples in which at least one member of the couple was on active duty in the U.S. Army. The intervention was delivered by Army chaplains. Effects replicated well in the two samples, and demonstrated that marriage education was well received by this population and resulted in improvements in relati...

The Army Health Organisation, 1948-1958.

Army Health in India, Hygiene and Pathology

This is a most admirable and important little book, which should be read by every officer in the military medical services in India. It deals with the bad old days, the present, and the future; whilst it will also be of considerable interest to the civilian practitioner. Practically speaking it is an essay on preventive medicine in the Army in India, and its most valuable feature is that the au...