Combat and Peacekeeping Operations in Relation to Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Perceived Need for Mental Health Care

Sareen, Jitender; Cox, Brian J.; Afifi, Tracie O.; Stein, Murray B.; Belik, Shay-Lee; Meadows, Graham; Asmundson, Gordon J. G.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.64.7.843

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“…The most well-studied mental health conditions among returning veterans include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and substance-use disorders, all of which commonly co-occur among Iraq/Afghanistan veterans (Seal et al, 2007;Boulos and Zamorski, 2013). While these are the most commonly studied conditions, veterans returning from these wars also frequently experience other anxiety disorders, including social phobia and panic attacks and adjustment disorder (Sareen et al, 2007;Seal et al, 2007;Boulos and Zamorski, 2013). Less common are bipolar disorder, agoraphobia, and somatoform disorder (Sareen et al, 2007;Boulos and Zamorski, 2013).…”

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“…While these are the most commonly studied conditions, veterans returning from these wars also frequently experience other anxiety disorders, including social phobia and panic attacks and adjustment disorder (Sareen et al, 2007;Seal et al, 2007;Boulos and Zamorski, 2013). Less common are bipolar disorder, agoraphobia, and somatoform disorder (Sareen et al, 2007;Boulos and Zamorski, 2013).…”

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An examination of the broader effects of warzone experiences on returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans׳ psychiatric health

Kimbrel¹,

DeBeer²,

Meyer³

et al. 2015

Psychiatry Research

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The objective of the present research was to test the hypotheses that: (1) Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans experience a wide range of psychiatric symptomatology (e.g., obsessive-compulsive symptoms, hypochondriasis, somatization); and (2) General psychiatric symptomatology among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans is associated with their warzone experiences. To achieve this objective, Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans (N = 155) completed a screening questionnaire that assessed a wide range of psychiatric symptoms along with a measure of warzone experiences. As expected, returning veterans reported significant elevations across a wide range of clinical scales. Approximately three-fourths screened positive on at least one clinical subscale, and a third screened positive on five or more. In addition, nearly all of these conditions were associated with veterans' warzone experiences (average r = 0.36); however, this association was much stronger among veterans with PTSD (average r = 0.33) than among veterans without PTSD (average r = 0.15). We also observed that approximately 18% of the variance in total psychiatric symptomatology was attributable to warzone experiences above and beyond the effects of childhood trauma and demographic factors. Taken together, these findings suggest that returning veterans experience a broad array of psychiatric symptoms that are strongly associated with their warzone experiences.

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An examination of the broader effects of warzone experiences on returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans׳ psychiatric health

Kimbrel¹,

DeBeer²,

Meyer³

et al. 2015

Psychiatry Research

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“…In future research on gender differences in mental health outcomes, it will be important to consider the contribution of interpersonal trauma. Moreover, given the various impacts that exposure to trauma may have on mental health (Sareen et al, 2007), it may be worth conducting additional research to examine gender differences in the association between combat and a wider range of mental health outcomes.…”

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“…It is important, however, to point out two key disadvantages of our choice of outcome. First, PTSD is only one of many possible mental health problems that may follow exposure to trauma (Sareen et al, 2007), although trauma exposure tends to have the strongest (and, hence, most readily detectable) relationship with PTSD (Boulos & Zamorski, 2013). Future work could explore trauma and gender interactions for other outcomes.…”

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Deployment-related trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder: does gender matter?

Frank

Zamorski

Lee

et al. 2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Objective: Military research has attempted to identify whether women have an increased vulnerability to mental health issues following deployment-related trauma, but findings have been mixed. Most studies have controlled for childhood abuse, but not other non-deployment trauma (e.g. life-threatening illness), which may partly explain previous mixed results. This study assessed gender differences in the association between deployment-related trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while controlling for non-deployment trauma.Methods: Data came from the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey. Regular or reserve personnel who had been deployed at least once were included in this study (n = 5980). Logistic regression was used to examine the interaction between gender and deployment-related trauma in predicting lifetime PTSD.Results: After controlling for non-deployment trauma, the association of gender with PTSD went from being significant to being marginally significant. The interaction between gender and deployment-related trauma was not significant.Conclusion: Though controlling for non-deployment trauma did not completely dissipate gender differences in PTSD, such differences were greatly reduced, indicating that these may be partly related to traumatic experiences outside deployment. As gender did not moderate the link between deployment-related trauma and PTSD, the findings suggest that trauma experienced while on deployment does not disproportionately affect women compared to their male counterparts.

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“…Con personal activo, igualmente, se han realizado varios estudios que abordan diferentes aspectos de la salud del personal militar tales como trastornos psiquiátricos (12,23), mortalidad por lesiones (24), estrés ocupacional (25,26), salud mental (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32) Un aspecto importante menos mencionado o mencionado indirectamente en los estudios americanos e ingleses es el de la calidad de vida. El concepto de calidad de vida se ha estudiado desde una perspectiva biomédica, psicológica y social, y se ha definido, principalmente desde un punto subjetivo, como la percepción de las personas sobre diversos ámbitos de sus vidas, destacando la relevancia del contexto social, cultural y del sistema de valores en el que experimentan su vida cotidiana (41).…”

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Percepción de la calidad de vida y la salud mental en oficiales de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana

2010

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ResumenDebido a la situación de orden público interno en Colombia los oficiales de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC) están expuestos a situaciones estresantes potencialmente traumáticas. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la percepción de calidad de vida de oficiales y su relación con factores de la salud mental con el fin de aportar elementos de discusión para el fortalecimiento de programas de promoción y prevención. Se utilizó una metodología correlacional tipo encuesta de prevalencia, la muestra fue de 296 oficiales de vuelo voluntarios y 200 oficiales de otras especialidades de la FAC en todo el País. Se evaluaron cinco aspectos de calidad de vida general (autoaceptación, adaptación al medio, estabilidad socioafectiva, integridad física y proyección), tres de calidad de vida militar (reconocimiento, apoyo institucional y cohesión) y seis indicadores de psico-patología (depresión, ansiedad, manía, psicosis, estrés postraumático y trastorno disocial). Todas las escalas fueron calibradas con base en la teoría de respuesta al item. Los resultados mostraron niveles de calidad de vida general y militar altos y que los niveles bajos se asocian con altas probabilidades de tener alguna psicopatología. Los oficiales de vuelo tuvieron niveles similares de calidad de vida comparados con oficiales de de otras especialidades excepto en proyección en la que fueron inferiores. Los resultados sugieren que es necesario intervenir diferentes aspectos (sociales, institucionales, personales, entre otros) para mejorar los niveles de calidad de vida y disminuir la probabilidad de la presencia de psicopatología.Palabras clave: salud mental, calidad de vida, personal militar, Colombia PERCEPTION OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND MENTAL HEALTH IN OFFICERS OF THE COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE AbstractDue to internal public order situation in Colombia, officials of the Colombian Air Force (FAC) are exposed to potentially traumatic stressors. The objective of this study was to determine officials´ perception of their quality of life and its relationship with mental health in order to provide elements for discussion for the development of promotion and prevention programs. A correlational methodology was used; the sample was of 296 volunteer flight officers and 200 FAC non-flying officers from different locations from Colombia. Five aspects of quality of life (self-acceptance, adaptation, socio-affective stability, physical integrity and personal projection), three aspects of the quality of military life (recognition, institutional support and cohesion) and 6 indicators of psychopathology (depression, anxiety, mania,

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Combat and Peacekeeping Operations in Relation to Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Perceived Need for Mental Health Care

Cited by 287 publications

References 67 publications

An examination of the broader effects of warzone experiences on returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans׳ psychiatric health

An examination of the broader effects of warzone experiences on returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans׳ psychiatric health

Deployment-related trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder: does gender matter?

Percepción de la calidad de vida y la salud mental en oficiales de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana

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