PERSONAL VIEW - A MILITARY COMBAT MENTAL HEALTH FRAMEWORK

TY - JOUR

T1 - PERSONAL VIEW - A MILITARY COMBAT MENTAL HEALTH FRAMEWORK

AU - Bricknell, Martin

PY - 2020/4/24

Y1 - 2020/4/24

N2 - This paper describes a framework for understanding Military Combat Mental Health based on the possible mental ill-health consequences of exposure to ‘potential trauma events’ for members of the armed forces and after their military service as Veterans. It uses a life-course approach that maps an individual’s mental well-being against four ‘states’: Fit, Reacting, Injured and Ill. It then considers 5 categories of factors that influence the risk of mental illness from this exposure based on research evidence; Pre-joining Vulnerability, Resilience, Precipitating, Treatment, and Recovery. This framework offers a structure to debate current knowledge, inform policy and therapeutic interventions, provide education, and to guide future research into the subject.

AB - This paper describes a framework for understanding Military Combat Mental Health based on the possible mental ill-health consequences of exposure to ‘potential trauma events’ for members of the armed forces and after their military service as Veterans. It uses a life-course approach that maps an individual’s mental well-being against four ‘states’: Fit, Reacting, Injured and Ill. It then considers 5 categories of factors that influence the risk of mental illness from this exposure based on research evidence; Pre-joining Vulnerability, Resilience, Precipitating, Treatment, and Recovery. This framework offers a structure to debate current knowledge, inform policy and therapeutic interventions, provide education, and to guide future research into the subject.

KW - Mental health, Psychiatry, Occupational and Industrial Medicine

U2 - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001439

DO - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001439

M3 - Article

SN - 2633-3775

JO - BMJ Military Health

JF - BMJ Military Health

ER -