STRESS AND COPING WITH TRAUMA OF WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF

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Subject: STRESS AND COPING WITH TRAUMA OF WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF        

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Folder Title: USNS COMFORT TAH 20 MEDICAL ARTICLES 1991 1992                                                  

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             psychiatric admissions. Six of these patients were

             evacuated to await medical discharge from the Navy, and 11

             were returned to duty. Of the 11 returned to duty, six were

             later returned to the United States because they were found

             unsuitable for further service on the basis of poor

             performance. The 12 crew members who left the ship after a

             psychiatric admission represented one percent of the shipts

             crew.



             Disaster Consultation and Debriefing



                  on several occasions the mental health team deployed to

             provide consultation when accidents or disasters occurred.

             These consultations were important and tested the resolve of

             the team. One of the tenets of combat psychiatry is that

             mental health workers should be available for travel to the

             front lines to provide assistance and consultation. In

             practice this is difficult because it requires that mental

             health workers abandon the relatively protected hospital

             environment and travel to an unknown and potentially hostile

             environment. In addition, workers must serve as

             consultants, planners, teachers, and advocates. Verbal

             skills and one's power of persuasion become critically

             important and must be combined with a clear understanding of

             military mission priorities (Mateczun, in press).




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