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- Title
Stigma and the military: evaluation of a PTSD psychoeducational program.
- Authors
Gould, Matthew; Greenberg, Neil; Hetherton, Jacquie
- Abstract
Trauma risk management (TRiM) is an intensive posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) psychoeducational management strategy based on peer-group risk assessment developed by the UK Royal Navy (RN). TRiM seeks to modify attitudes about PTSD, stress, and help-seeking and trains military personnel to identify at-risk individuals and refer them for early intervention. This quasiexperimental study found that TRiM training significantly improved attitudes about PTSD, stress, and help-seeking from TRiM-trained personnel. There was a nonsignificant effect on attitudes to seeking help from normal military support networks and on general health. Within both the military and civilian populations, stigma is a serious issue preventing help-seeking and reducing quality of life. The results suggest that TRiM is a promising antistigma program within organizational settings.
- Publication
Journal of traumatic stress, 2007, Vol 20, Issue 4, p505
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20233