The Influence of Military Culture and Veteran Worldviews on Mental Health Treatment: Practice Implications for Combat Veteran Help-seeking and Wellness

Authors

Eugenia Weiss, University of Southern California, Irvine, CA
Jose E. Coll, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

International Journal of Health, Wellness & Society

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Subjects

United States. Armed Forces -- Mental health services

Abstract

The influence of military cultural values consisting of unit cohesion (or the subordination of individual needs over the needs of the collective)the devotion to duty and to the mission,stoicism (emotional restraint)and the importance of adhering to the chain of command become guiding belief systems for military personnel.In fact,military culture has been recognized as a distinct sub-culture of American civilian society.

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33741

Citation Details

Weiss, E., & Coll, J. E. (2011). The influence of military culture and veteran worldviews on mental health treatment: Practice implications for combat veteran help-seeking and wellness. International Journal of Health, Wellness & Society, 1(2), 75-86.