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This study aimed to examine currently serving United Kingdom (UK) military Medical and Welfare Officers views on the potential introduction of post-deployment screening for mental ill health.
Concerns about available funding and resources to respond to increased workload will need to be addressed should post-deployment screening for mental health be introduced in the UK military.
The main argument in support of post-deployment screening of military personnel for mental ill health, is that it could identify mental health problems sooner or whilst these are less severe.
Selection should also not be based entirely on skills; fitting into a team and being able to carry out the work required in the field is more desirable (29), reinforcing the need for pre-deployment screening of both physical and psychological health (30).
For analysis purposes, the scale score was divided into tertiles, determined with respect to a larger reference population of Canadian Armed Forces personnel undergoing post-deployment screening after a number of different military operations since 2009.
This work highlights the need for thorough post-deployment screening and early intervention to minimize the decline in physical health and any associated increases in disability and health care utilization that may result if physical dysfunction is not addressed in a timely way for returning OEF/OIF veterans.
Four master themes emerged, each reflecting different beliefs about the potential introduction of a post-deployment screening tool: positive views of screening; reliability of responses; impact on workload; and suggestions for implementation.
A pilot study for the RCT included qualitative interviews exploring the views of service personnel recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan towards post-deployment screening.
What do you think about post-deployment screening?
The five questions were as follows: What do you think about post-deployment screening?
Participants were 16153 personnel who underwent post-deployment screening (median =136 days after return) following deployment in support of the mission in Afghanistan from 2009 201212009 2012
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