Portuguese Armed Forces in the International Security and Assistance Force in Afghanistan: Psychological Support for the Command of Kabul International Airport

Abstract

The Portuguese Armed Forces have sent 37 military personnel to Afghanistan whose main objective was to take on the command of Kabul International Airport (KAIA) for circa 4 months (from August to December 2005). During the preparation for this peace support operation, the commander of the task force, asked the Air Force Psychology Centre for cooperation, which was further designated the support of Psychology to KAIA Command . An intervention programme was elaborated so as to be implemented in the different mission phases. The present paper describes and analyzes the experiment of psychological evaluation and intervention in the support to the present ISAF mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA472818

Entities

People

  • Antonio A. Surrador

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Electronic Mail
  • Families (Human)
  • Group Dynamics
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Instructions
  • International Airports
  • International Security
  • Mental Health
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Psychology
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Social Psychology

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  • Academic Conference Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.