TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Mental health care for service members and their families across the globe
JO  - Military medicine
A1  - McGraw, Kate
A1  - Adler, Jamie
A1  - Andersen, Søren B.
A1  - Bailey, Suzanne
A1  - Bennett, Clare
A1  - Blasko, Kelly
A1  - Blatt, Andrew D.
A1  - Greenberg, Neil
A1  - Hodson, Stephanie
A1  - Pittman, Demietrice
A1  - Ruscio, Aimee C.
A1  - Stoltenberg, Christian D. G.
A1  - Tate, Karyn E.
A1  - Kuruganti, Kanchana
SP  - 418
EP  - 425
VL  - 184
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - The U.S. Defense Department partnered with the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership on effective leadership and operational practices for delivery of mental health (MH) as well as addiction services throughout the world for Service Members (SM) and beneficiaries. A Military Issues Work Group (MIWG) was established in 2011 to focus on challenges experienced by military SM and beneficiaries among countries. The MIWG found common concerns related to MH care delivery to rural and remote beneficiaries. Gaps in access to care were identified and prioritized to explore. This led to better collaboration and understanding of telemental health (TMH) practices and technology applications (apps) which increase access to care for rural and remote SMs and beneficiaries. An assessment of the number of SMs and dependents distant from MH care services in the USA was conducted, as well as an environmental scan for psychological health-focused mobile apps and TMH services geared toward SM, veterans, and beneficiaries. The MIWG is developing a compendium of existing military TMH programs and apps that address MH concerns and extant literature on use of technology to extend global access to care for military members and their families across the world.<br><br>Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2019.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0026-4075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy324
ID  - ref1
ER  -