RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mental well-being interventions in the military: The ten key principles
JF BMJ Military Health
JO BMJ Mil Health
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP bmjmilitary-2020-001740
DO 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001740
A1 Erin G Lawrence
A1 N Jones
A1 N Greenberg
A1 N T Fear
A1 S Wessely
A1 G Michael
A1 S Taylor-Beirne
A1 A Simms
YR 2021
UL http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/27/bmjmilitary-2020-001740.abstract
AB Organisations including the United Kingdom Armed Forces should seek to implement mental health interventions to increase the psychological well-being of their workforce. This editorial briefly presents ten key principles that military forces should consider before implementing such interventions. These include job-focused training; evaluating interventions; the use of internal versus external training providers; the role of leaders; unit cohesion, single versus multiple session psychological interventions; not overgeneralising the applicability of interventions; the need for repeated skills practice; raising awareness and the fallibility of screening.