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Pathways to mental health care in active military populations across the five-eyes nations: An integrated perspective.

Abstract:Military service is associated with increased risk of mental health problems. Previous reviews have pointed to under-utilization of mental health services in military …

Battlemind debriefing and battlemind training as early interventions with soldiers returning from Iraq: Randomization by platoon

Abstract: Researchers have found that there is an increase in mental heath problems as a result of military-related traumatic events, and such problems increase in the months …

Optimizing Performance and Mental Skills With Mindfulness-Based Attention Training: Two Field Studies With Operational Units

Abstract: Mental skills such as focusing attention and managing emotions are essential for optimal performance in high-stress occupations. Studies with military samples have …

Mental health, physical health, and health-related behaviors of U.S. Army Special Forces

Abstract: Objectives: To prospectively examine the health and health-related behaviors of Army Special Forces personnel in comparison with two distinct, but functionally similar …

Military life: The psychology of serving in peace and combat: The military family, Vol. 3

Abstract: The psychological health and well-being of military personnel is important to the effectiveness of a nation's military, the adjustment of military families, and the …

Depression among military spouses: Demographic, military, and service member psychological health risk factors

Abstract: Background: More than a decade of war has strained service members and their families and the psychological health of military spouses is a concern. This study uses data …

Mental health outcomes in US and UK military personnel returning from Iraq

Abstract: Background: Research of military personnel who deployed to the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan has suggested that there are differences in mental health outcomes …

Postdeployment military mental health training: Cross-national evaluations

Abstract: Deployments increase risk for adjustment problems in service members. To mitigate this increased risk, mental health training programs have been developed and …

An Occupational Mental Health Model for the Military

Abstract: The military occupational mental health model provides a framework for understanding the relationship between occupationally relevant demands and subsequent mental …

Mental health training with soldiers four months after returning from iraq: Randomization by platoon

Abstract: Military personnel report significant and increasing mental health problems in the months following return from combat. Nevertheless, studies have not assessed the …

Deployment psychology: Evidence-based strategies to promote mental health in the military

Abstract: The goal of this volume is to guide the field of military psychology in the development of evidence-based support for service members. Many psychological studies have …

Reconceptualizing combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational hazard

Abstract: Combat is clearly an occupational hazard with direct implications for mental health. In the case of the military, the mission dictates how often a service member leaves …