战斗单位内部关系对部署后自杀风险的影响
Leo Sher1,2,3
1Inpatient Psychiatry, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY 10468, USA.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 27, 2024
概括
战斗单位关系显著影响退伍军人的自杀风险. 强大的单位凝聚力降低了风险,而骚扰和虐待增加了风险,突出了对支持性的军事环境的需求.
科学领域:
- 军事心理学 军事心理学
- 冲突的社会学冲突的社会学.
- 退伍军人的心理健康 退伍军人的心理健康
背景情况:
- 影响退伍军人的自杀倾向的战斗部署因素是复杂的,并未完全理解.
- 研究往往侧重于战斗压力因素,忽视了军事单位内部的人际关系的动态.
- 战斗单位内部的互动越来越被认为是部署后心理健康结果的重要预测因素.
研究的目的:
- 审查和讨论战斗单位关系对退伍军人部署后自杀风险的影响.
- 检查单位凝聚力和骚扰/虐待在退伍军人自杀倾向中的作用.
- 确定与单位动态相关的自杀风险的潜在缓解因素.
主要方法:
- 文献综述和现有关于军事单位动态和退伍军人的心理健康研究的综合.
- 分析着重于单位凝聚力,骚扰和虐待在战斗环境中的研究.
- 审查研究调查部署经验与部署后自杀念头和行为之间的联系的研究.
主要成果:
- 强大的单位凝聚力与部署后精神疾病和自杀行为风险降低有关.
- 在部署期间经历性和非性骚扰或虐待显著增加了战斗老兵部署后自杀风险.
- 战斗单位内的不良关系与部署后精神病理增加有关,包括自杀行为.
结论:
- 战斗单位内部的人际关系是退伍军人部署后自杀风险的关键决定因素.
- 加强部队凝聚力,防止部署期间的骚扰和虐待对于减轻退伍军人自杀至关重要.
- 部署后的社会支持和有效的精神治疗可以帮助减少与负面单位经历相关的自杀风险.
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