Mortuary Affairs Soldiers: Early Intervention and Altering Barriers to Care for Traumatic Stress and PTSD

Abstract

This project was designed to implement and assess the feasibility of a unique and newly developed intervention (TEAM: Troop Education for Army Morale: Units and Individuals Working Together). TEAM is designed to meet the specific post deployment needs of Mortuary Affairs (MA) Soldiers through individual training, active engagement in problem solving and accessing care, enhanced buddy care and spouse support. Short and longer-term outcome in MA Soldiers are assessed. Specific aims include: 1) demonstrating the feasibility of TEAM intervention for care, support and lessening barriers to care for MA Soldiers and 2) assessing the effectiveness of TEAM on disorder (e.g., PTSD, depression), distress, health risk behaviors (e.g., alcohol or tobacco use), work function, marital conflict, and barriers to health care utilization. Three cohorts (total of 75 Soldiers) have been recruited from the 54th and 111th MA companies at Ft Lee, VA. Subject recruitment continues. Data have not been analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536551

Entities

People

  • Carol S. Fullerton

Organizations

  • Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Databases
  • Deployment
  • Depression
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • First Aid
  • First Responders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Teamwork
  • Training
  • Work Functions

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