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Title of Journal: Psychiatr Q
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Abbravation: Psychiatric Quarterly
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Authors: Julia Rozanova Paraskevi Noulas Kathleen Smart Alicia Roy Steven M Southwick Larry Davidson Ilan HarpazRotem
Publish Date: 2015/11/13
Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 427-443
Abstract
This study explored the journey of American armed forces personnel from their decision to join the service through their service in an active military conflict and how these factors may be associated with potential resistance for mental healthcare The data came from qualitative interviews with 46 OIF/OEF/OND activeduty military reservists and discharged veterans of the average age of 25 years who presented for a new episode of mental health treatment to a large Veterans Affairs Hospital VAH in Northeastern United States in 2011–2012 Qualitative analysis of veterans’ perceptions revealed several major themes describing how a mental health diagnosis would negatively impact both their sense of identity and pragmatic careerbuilding goals enlisting as a careerbuilding avenue ‘noble superhero’ identity escaping from hardship and mental illness as a careerkiller Findings suggest that factors making young veterans resist mental healthcare may be reduced by partnering VAH psychiatrists with career counselors and by enhancing military leadership’s awareness and understanding about how to support soldiers with emotional and mental health needs with a goal to eliminating stigmaFunding for this research was available through a Department of Veterans Affairs VA Health Services Research Development HSRD Merit Review award PPO092651 awarded to the senior author The views presented here are those of the authors and do not represent the position of any federal agency or of the United States GovernmentAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standardsThe study was approved by the human subjects committees of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale University New Haven CT Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study The manuscript has been deidentified
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