Gender Role Stress, Mental Health Risk Factors and Mental Health Sequela inDeployed Versus Non-Deployed and Pilot-Rated Versus Non-Rated Active Duty Women Versus Men

摘要

In an era of cost containment, the changeover to manage health care and ever-increasing rates of rapid short and long-term deployments, the mental health of our troops is paramount in their being mission ready and physically capable. Recent reviews of the DoD inpatient database indicated that women's rates of admission for various mental health disorders (e.g., adjustment disorder, affective psychosis and neurotic disorders) were much higher than those of male active duty members, and appear to be higher than one would expect in a military