Military Personnel Who Seek Health and Mental Health Services Outside the Military

Psychological Health of Military Personnel

The House of Commons Defence Select Committee1 has stated that more resources are needed to support military personnel, particularly in mental health services. This note examines the impact of military service on the psychological health of serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their families. It outlines the effectiveness of interventions, and highlights areas for further research. Overview

Factors affecting mental health service utilization among deployed military personnel.

This study contrasts the characteristics of clients using military mental health services in deployed and nondeployed settings, the communications between their mental health providers and commanders, and the impact of mental health services on their military duties. The study explored the rates of command communication and duty restrictions across settings and referral sources. The study used ...

Patient preferences for the delivery of military mental health services.

OBJECTIVE Knowledge of patients' preferences of military mental health care is required to inform service planning. The objective was to inform service planning by quantifying, and identifying predictors of, patient preferences for mental health care providers and location of facilities. METHOD Sociodemographic and service characteristics and concerns about stigma were investigated for patien...

national mental health programme for military personnel with psychiatric disturbances

to offer proper services for military personnel with psychiatric disturbances, calls for the application of known fundamental principles of socio-military psychiatry. in this respect, military and public mobilization, active participation of vast majority of people concerning sacred defense and by its very nature, the social vulnerability necessiate a harmonious multidimensional programming cen...

Military ombudsman to again review mental health services.