A Historical Overview of Combat Stress Control Units of the U.S. Army

Bacon, Bryan; Staudenmeier, James J.

doi:10.1093/milmed/168.9.689

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“…The differences in our findings are likely explained by the fact that this was a comprehensive analysis of one unit over an entire deployment and included all cases of psychiatric DNBI that were RTD. A previous review also noted that most psychiatric disorders were RTD, although the nature of the review prevented incidence rates from being calculated or compared with other causes of DNBI [22]. Thus, only a direct method that follows a single unit, as our study did, can account for the full spectrum of psychiatric casualties and can accurately compare the rates of psychiatric disease with other causes of DNBI.…”

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Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Goodman

DeZee

Burks

et al. 2011

General Hospital Psychiatry

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confidence: 85%

Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Goodman

DeZee

Burks

et al. 2011

General Hospital Psychiatry

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“…One way of treating disorders is to prevent their onset. However, little is known about the role of prevention in PTSD, although some promising results from "combat stress control units" are available [ 18 , 19 ]. Potential preventive interventions may be classified into three categories: primary, secondary and tertiary [ 13 ].…”

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Psychotrauma and effective treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers and peacekeepers

Vitzthum

Mache

Joachim

et al. 2009

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

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Psychotrauma occurs as a result to a traumatic event, which may involve witnessing someone's actual death or personally experiencing serious physical injury, assault, rape and sexual abuse, being held as a hostage, or a threat to physical or psychological integrity. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder and was defined in the past as railway spine, traumatic war neurosis, stress syndrome, shell shock, battle fatigue, combat fatigue, or post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS). If untreated, post-traumatic stress disorder can impair relationships of those affected and strain their families and society. Deployed soldiers are especially at a high risk to be affected by PTSD but often receive inadequate treatment. Reviews to date have focused only on a single type of treatment or groups of soldiers from only one country. The aim of the current review was to evaluate characteristics of therapeutic methods used internationally to treat male soldiers' PTSD after peacekeeping operations in South Eastern Europe and the Gulf wars.This systematic literature review returned results pertaining to the symptoms, diagnosis, timing and effectiveness of treatment. Sample groups and controls were relatively small and, therefore, the results lack generalizability. Further research is needed to understand the influence and unique psychological requirements of each specific military operation on the internationally deployed soldiers.

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“…Mental health assistance is necessary for debilitating stress responses during and after operations. Interventions during an operation may include the opportunity to debrief traumatic experiences (e.g., Critical Incident Stress Management, see Mitchell 2004); recognize and act on operational stress reactions that may become overwhelming, either with self-help strategies (e.g., diaphragmatic breathing, relaxation techniques), or with peer support, or sessions with a professional helper(s) (i.e., psychologist or counselor) to talk about other general concerns that cause stress (e.g., worries related to family members back home) if available on site (e.g., Combat Stress Control Unit, see Bacon and Staudenmeier 2003;Reyes and Hicklin 2005).…”

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Soldiers Working Internationally: Impacts of Masculinity, Military Culture, and Operational Stress on Cross-cultural Adaptation

Keats

2010

Int J Adv Counselling

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This paper explores the ramifications of masculinized military culture and operational stress on cross-cultural adaptation. The author examines how characteristics of military culture may obstruct effective cross-cultural adaptation by promoting a hypermasculinity that tends to oppose effective management of trauma, and thereby suppresses skills of social interaction (e.g., adaptive emotional resilience, behavioral flexibility) that could assist military members with cross-cultural interactions. Because these cultural aspects may tend to exacerbate difficulties members have when transitioning between cultures and dealing with trauma effects, possible approaches in counseling intervention to mitigate these effects are discussed.

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A Historical Overview of Combat Stress Control Units of the U.S. Army

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Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Psychotrauma and effective treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers and peacekeepers

Soldiers Working Internationally: Impacts of Masculinity, Military Culture, and Operational Stress on Cross-cultural Adaptation

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