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 for early and follow-up intervention to speed recovery, return to work and limit barriers to care 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. MA Soldiers are recruited from the 54th and 111th MA companies at Ft Lee, VA. The first cohort of subjects (N=22) was recruited in July 2009. The first assessments and intervention workshop for the intervention group are scheduled for late August 2009. No data have been collected as of this date.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA541305
Entities
People
- Carol S. Fullerton
Organizations
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine