@article{ref1,
title="Career impacts and referral patterns: army mental health treatment in the combat theater",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2014",
author="Rowan, Anderson B. and Varga, Colleen M. and Clayton, Spencer P. and Martin Zona, Denise M.",
volume="179",
number="9",
pages="973-978",
abstract="This study examined the relationships between referral source, career impacts, and diagnostic severity among service members seeking mental health intervention in a deployed setting. Data were drawn from the mental health records of 1,640 Army service members presenting for outpatient mental health services while deployed in Afghanistan. <br><br>RESULTS suggested that self-referrals were significantly less likely to have contact made with their command or to experience potentially career impacting recommendations. Overall, greater than 80% of military personnel were returned to duty with no limits and 60% were assigned either no diagnosis or a mild/moderate diagnosis. These findings indicate that seeking psychological services is much less likely to impact a service member's career when self-initiated. Given the significant concerns about career impacts among many service members in need of psychological services, these findings should be incorporated in information campaigns to promote early help seeking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00518",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00518"
}