面对大规模作战行动的心理健康挑战
Rebekah Cole1,2, Mason H Remondelli3
1Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, 4301, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Military medicine
|April 30, 2025
概括
未来的大规模作战行动 (LSCOs) 对军人,退伍军人和平民构成重大心理健康风险. 积极的心理健康策略对于减轻心理痛苦和支持受影响人口至关重要.
科学领域:
- 军事医学 军事医学
- 心理创伤学 心理创伤学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 国防部预计未来的冲突涉及大规模作战行动 (LSCOs).
- LSCOs面临着独特的挑战,包括长时间的部署,有限的医疗疏散和增加的心理战.
- 过去和现在的冲突表明,PTSD,抑郁症,道德伤害和同情疲劳的风险增加.
研究的目的:
- 突出与LSCOs相关的预期心理健康挑战.
- 敦促心理健康专业人员制定积极主动和预防性的战略.
- 强调需要对受影响人口进行持续的心理健康计划开发和评估.
主要方法:
- 对过去的战争和正在进行的冲突 (例如,乌克兰) 的研究进行审查.
- 与之前的冲突相比,对LSCOs独特特征的分析.
- 识别潜在的心理健康后果和风险因素.
主要成果:
- LSCOs增加了严重心理健康问题的风险,如PTSD,抑郁症,道德伤害和同情疲劳.
- 长时间的部署,有限的疏散和网络/心理战加剧了心理痛苦.
- 民间人口也容易受到流离失所和与暴力有关的创伤的影响.
结论:
- 心理健康专业人员必须主动解决与LSCO相关的心理挑战.
- 预防性策略包括弹性培训,加强心理健康准入 (可部署/远程医疗) 和道德伤害干预.
- 持续的心理健康计划开发和评估对服务人员,退伍军人和受LSCO影响的平民至关重要.
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