Use of psychological decompression in military operational environments
| Autor: | Claire French, N. Mark Earnshaw, Jamie Hacker Hughes, Simon Wessely, Rod Eldridge, Martin P. Deahl, Nicola T. Fear, Neil Greenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Evidence-Based Medicine business.industry Decompression media_common.quotation_subject Rest Psychology Military Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Data_CODINGANDINFORMATIONTHEORY General Medicine Mandatory Programs Discretion Mental health United Kingdom Military medicine Mental Health Military Personnel Adaptation Psychological Medicine Humans Lack of knowledge Operations management Risks and benefits business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Military medicine. 173(6) |
| ISSN: | 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | This article reviews the use of psychological decompression as applied to troops returning from active service in operational theaters. Definitions of the term are considered and a brief history is given. Current policies and practices are described and the question of mandatory decompression is considered. Finally, the evidence base for the efficacy of decompression is examined and some conclusions are drawn. This article highlights variations in the definition and practice of decompression and its use. Although there is, as yet, no evidence that decompression works, there is also no evidence to the contrary. Given the lack of knowledge as to the balance of risks and benefits of decompression and the absence of any definitive evidence that decompression is associated with improved mental health outcomes or that lack of decompression is associated with the reverse, it is argued that the use of decompression should remain a matter for discretion. |
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