Mental Health Issues: Lessons From Operation Desert Shield/Storm,

Abstract

This paper highlights mental health issues from Operation Desert Shield/Storm (ODS). It is based on information reported at an ODS Lessons Learned Conference held at Vilseck, Germany in October 1991. During the period 1 August 1990 to 1 August 1991 there were only 476 psychiatric evacuations to U.S. Army medical facilities in Europe from the 500,000 member force deployed to Southwest Asia. (This represents 6.5% of all evacuations during this time period and Europe was the primary evacuation route for all of Southwest Asia). Together with the very low incident rates of problem behavior and the tremendously successful air and ground campaigns, it is clear that America deployed a psychologically healthy military force, including combat units that were well trained and well led.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1992
Accession Number
ADP006958

Entities

People

  • James A. Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Colorado
  • Department Of Defense
  • Evacuation
  • Health
  • Lessons Learned
  • Mental Health
  • Psychology
  • Southwest Asia

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.