Help-seeking stigma among men in the military: The interaction of restrictive emotionality and distress.

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Heath ◽  
Andrew J. Seidman ◽  
David L. Vogel ◽  
Marilyn A. Cornish ◽  
Nathaniel G. Wade
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Restrictive Emotionality ◽  
The Military

PTSD Symptom Severity, but Not Trauma Type, Predicts Mental Health Help-seeking in the Military

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 310-316
Author(s):  
JEFFREY GUINA ◽  
RAMZI W. NAHHAS ◽  
MINH-TRI NGUYEN ◽  
SETH FARNSWORTH
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Ptsd Symptom ◽  
Ptsd Symptom Severity ◽  
The Military ◽  
Trauma Type

Military psychologists and cultural competence: exploring implications for the manifestation and treatment of psychological trauma in the British armed forces

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
Imogen Sturgeon-Clegg ◽  
M McCauley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Psychological Injuries ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Military

This paper considers the manifestation and treatment of psychological trauma in the military. The article describes how military psychologists conceptualise psychological trauma within the culture of the Armed Forces (AF), which is reflected in the process of acquiring what has been referred to as cultural competency. Psychologists in this context acquire an understanding of the manner in which the psychological and organisational systems and culture of the military affect the presentation of psychological trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The paper outlines core psychological features of military life, including some of the ways in which the AF functions effectively as an adaptable fighting force. This highlights, for example, the potential for stigma within and between military personnel who experience mental health difficulties. The article proceeds to examine aspects of help-seeking in military mental healthcare, how symptoms can present at different stages in a deployment process, and the consequences that such problems can cause for military conduct and performance. Psychological care in the military is structured within an occupational mental health ethos, in which psychologists fulfil a range of clinical, organisational and leadership roles. These dynamics are explored with examples of care pathways and clarity on evidence-based interventions for trauma and PTSD in those experiencing military-related psychological injuries. Two vignettes are then offered to illustrate how some of these interventions can be used psychotherapeutically in addressing symptoms pertaining to hyperarousal, hypervigilance, guilt and shame.

Military psychological trauma and therapy: a review of EMDR treatment and supervision in the UK Ministry of Defence

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Frappell-Cooke ◽  
M McCauley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Psychological Injury ◽  
British Military ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Military

Psychological injury has been associated with military service, and this can result in a variety of mental health symptoms and disorders. A range of barriers to help-seeking have been identified in the military and mental health services have sought to address such factors through effective and efficient care and consultation. The use of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing forms part of a repertoire of trauma-focused therapies within the UK’s Armed Forces. This article will outline the application of this approach within the British military, along with the role of specialist clinical supervision in treating those affected by operational trauma.

Suicide Prevention and Psychological Resilience for Military and Veterans

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryke Harrison ◽  
Tracy Lauren Vargo ◽  
Conrad Joseph Camit ◽  
Vedant Agrawal ◽  
Laura Gramling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Department Of Veterans Affairs ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Suicide Prevention Programs ◽  
The Military

For the past ten years, the prevalence of suicide completions among service members has increased, with rates greatly exceeding those seen within the US civilian population. In response, the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and each branch of the military collaboratively implemented strategic approaches to improving existing suicide prevention programs and invested in the development of innovative programs. These approaches include consolidating suicide event reporting into a central database, reducing the stigma associated with help-seeking behaviors, enhancing resilience among service members, improving aspects impacting service members’ overall quality of life through an expansion of benefits and services, and improving the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being of service members. This article explores the evolution of these suicide risk prevention efforts in consideration of the effectiveness of different strategies used by military branches and veteran programs.

scholarly journals Στάσεις και στιγματισμός σχετικά με την αναζήτηση ψυχολογικής βοήθειας: το παράδειγμα του στρατιωτικού περιβάλλοντος

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Βάσια Ιγνατίου Καραμανώλη
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Psychological Help ◽  
Public Stigma ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Military ◽  
Seeking Psychological Help

The aim of this review is to examine α.the attitudes toward mental help seeking and the willingness to ask for mental help, b. self and public stigma experienced by seeking psychological help, in general population and in particular how all this are experienced by the military personnel. General features for each of the variables are examined, the more often measures are used, the main factors which are involved in the procedure of seeking mental help and correlated with each other, are discussed. Even if military personnel experience psychological problems avoid seeking mental help in order not to confront self and public stigma from seeking psychological help.implications for new research on how the fear toward help seeking could be diminished are discussed.

Exploring the Social Norms of Help Seeking in the Military

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette A. Hamilton ◽  
Steven J. Danish ◽  
Paul B. Perrin ◽  
Scott D. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Military

scholarly journals Applying the Social Norms Approach to Help-Seeking Behavior in the Military

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette A. Hamilton ◽  
Steven J. Danish ◽  
Paul B. Perrin ◽  
Scott D. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Military

Restrictive emotionality, BIS, BAS, and psychological help-seeking behavior.

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Y. Tsan ◽  
Susan X. Day ◽  
Jonathan P. Schwartz ◽  
Nathan A. Kimbrel
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Psychological Help ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Restrictive Emotionality ◽  
Seeking Behavior

scholarly journals A Bourdieusian Analysis of U.S. Military Culture Ground in the Mental Help-Seeking Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1358-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Traci Abraham ◽  
Ann M. Cheney ◽  
Geoffrey M. Curran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Military Culture ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relations Of Power ◽  
The Military ◽  
The U.S

This theoretical treatise uses the scientific literature concerning help seeking for mental illness among those with a background in the U.S. military to posit a more complex definition of military culture. The help-seeking literature is used to illustrate how hegemonic masculinity, when situated in the military field, informs the decision to seek formal treatment for mental illness among those men with a background in the U.S. military. These analyses advocate for a nuanced, multidimensional, and situated definition of U.S. military culture that emphasizes the way in which institutional structures and social relations of power intersect with individual values, beliefs, and motivations to inform and structure health-related practices.

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