Master resilience training in the U.S. Army.

Reivich, Karen; Seligman, Martin E. P.; McBride, Sharon

doi:10.1037/a0021897

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“…Another important consideration in administering MT to military groups is the availability of qualified trainers over the entirety of the deployment cycle. The availability of such trainers could be increased by using train-thetrainer methods, which have been implemented in military resilience protocols (Reivich et al 2011), and are beginning to be incorporated into MT programs (Ramos et al 2016).…”

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Short-Form Mindfulness Training Protects Against Working Memory Degradation over High-Demand Intervals

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Periods of persistent and intensive demands may compromise working memory (WM) and increase susceptibility to distraction. We investigated if mindfulness training (MT) may mitigate these deleterious effects and promote cognitive resilience in military cohorts enduring a high-demand interval of military training. To better understand which aspects of MT programs are most beneficial, three military cohorts were examined. Two groups received 8-h variants of an MT course, Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, with one group emphasizing in-class training exercises (M8T, n = 40) and the other emphasizing didactic content (M8D, n = 40). A third group received no training (NTC, n = 46). Performance on a delayed-recognition WM task that varied mnemonic load (1 vs. 2 items) and delayspanning valenced distraction (negative vs. neutral images) was measured before (T1) and after (T2) an 8-week interval. Overall, task accuracy (% correct) was greater on low-vs. high-load trials, as well as trials with neutral vs. negative distraction. Task accuracy did not change over time in a civilian cohort (N = 22). Yet, it declined from T1 to T2 in the military cohorts, with the greatest degradation in NTC, followed by M8D, and near stable performance from T1 to T2 in M8T. This time by group effect significantly varied with load, but not with distracter valence. While NTC's performance degraded over time for both low-and high-load trials, M8D's performance degraded only for high load, and M8T did not show performance degradation for either load condition. These results suggest that MT may protect against WM degradation over high-demand intervals, with training-focused MT programs offering the greatest benefits for maintaining performance in high-load conditions.

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Short-Form Mindfulness Training Protects Against Working Memory Degradation over High-Demand Intervals

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“…There has been an increasing interest in resilience in recent years and growing efforts have been made to increase resilience, particularly in populations where stressor exposure is expected, such as military samples (Casey, 2011; Reivich, Seligman, & McBride, 2011). Resilience, however, represents a multifaceted and multideterminant (i.e.…”

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Exploring resilience models in a sample of combat-exposed military service members and veterans: a comparison and commentary

Sheerin

Stratton

Amstadter

et al. 2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: The term resilience is applied in numerous ways in the mental health field, leading to different perspectives of what constitutes a resilient response and disparate findings regarding its prevalence following trauma. Objective: illustrate the impact of various definitions on our understanding and prevalence of resilience, we compared various resilience definitions (absence of PTSD, absence of current mental health diagnosis, absence of generalized psychological distress, and an alternative trauma load–resilience discrepancy model of the difference between actual and predicted distress given lifetime trauma exposure) within a combat-exposed military personnel and veteran sample. Method: In this combat-trauma exposed sample (N = 849), of which approximately half were treatment seeking, rates of resilience were determined across all models, the kappa statistic was used to determine the concordance and strength of association across models, and t-tests examined the models in relation to a self-reported resilience measure. Results: Prevalence rates were 43.7%, 30.7%, 87.4%, and 50.1% in each of the four models. Concordance analyses identified 25.7% (n = 218) considered resilient by all four models (kappa = .40, p < .001). Correlations between models and self-reported resilience were strong, but did not fully overlap. Conclusions:The discussion highlights theoretical considerations regarding the impact of various definitions and methodologies on resilience classifications, links current findings to a systems-based perspective, and ends with suggestions for future research approaches on resilience.

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“…This comprehensive training approach demonstrated the Army's concern about the deleterious effects of compassion fatigue and burnout on its medical providers. In a move towards integration across the Army, the Army's Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) program recently subsumed the Care Provider Support Program and incorporated its components into CSF2's Master Resilience Trainer initiative (commonly referred to as MRT, see Reivich et al [20] for a review) to expand services to providers who work with the traumatized. Here, extensive training and practical resilience skills are offered to active duty and civilian healthcare providers detailed to military medical treatment facilities, commonly referred to as MTFs.…”

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Current Directions in Military Health-care Provider Resilience

Lester¹,

Taylor²,

Hawkins³

et al. 2015

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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After more than a decade of war, the US military continues to place significant emphasis on psychological health and resilience. While research and programs that focus on the broader military community's resilience continue to emerge, less is known about and until recently little focus has been placed on military medical provider resilience. In this article, we review the literature on military medical provider resilience, provide an overview of the programmatic and technological advances designed to sustain and develop military medical provider resilience, and finally offer recommendations for future research.

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Master resilience training in the U.S. Army.

Cited by 413 publications

References 38 publications

Short-Form Mindfulness Training Protects Against Working Memory Degradation over High-Demand Intervals

Short-Form Mindfulness Training Protects Against Working Memory Degradation over High-Demand Intervals

Exploring resilience models in a sample of combat-exposed military service members and veterans: a comparison and commentary

Current Directions in Military Health-care Provider Resilience

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