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Pre-deployment stress briefing: does it have an effect?

J G Sharpley1, N T Fear, N Greenberg

  • 1Department of Community Mental Health, PP6, Sunny Walk, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LT, UK. sharpleynj@aol.com

Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England)
|November 23, 2007
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Pre-deployment stress briefings did not reduce psychological distress in military personnel deployed to the Iraq War. The intervention showed no significant harm or benefit for mental health outcomes or deployment issues.

Area of Science:

  • Military psychology
  • Trauma and stress-related disorders
  • Occupational health

Background:

  • The effectiveness of pre-hazard stress information on resilience is uncertain.
  • Such briefings may enhance coping or increase anxiety about adverse outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the impact of pre-operational stress briefings on health and occupational indices.
  • Study focused on Naval and Marine personnel deployed to the 2003 Iraq War.

Main Methods:

  • A controlled, non-randomized, parallel group study design was employed.
  • Compared mental health outcomes between personnel who received and did not receive a stress briefing post-deployment.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in common mental health disorders, PTSD, or alcohol misuse were found.

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  • Attendees reported higher initial morale, but this difference diminished after adjusting for covariates.
  • No group differences were observed in deployment problems or marital satisfaction.

    • Conclusions:

    • The study found no evidence that pre-deployment stress briefings reduced medium-term psychological distress.
    • No evidence of harm was detected, but the intervention remains unproven.
    • Further randomized trials are needed to definitively assess the efficacy of stress debriefing.