Acceptability of mental health stigma-reduction training and initial effects on awareness among military personnel

摘要: The purpose of this paper is to report on the development a mental health stigma reduction toolkit and training, acceptability level awareness following stigma-reduction training for military personnel. overall aims were provide discussion tools highlighting experiences Marines seeking help stress concerns, improve communication between leaders their around issue seeking, familiarize with behavioral treatment. Senior enlisted officers (N = 52) from Marine Corps battalion participated in pretest, 2-h immediate posttest. Acceptability was measured by querying participants about usefulness helpfulness among other factors, 10 items stigma. materials well accepted participants. In addition, there significant improvement four ten concepts before immediately after which included an increase agreement that treatments are usually effective reducing reactions [t(51) = −3.35, p = 0.002], disagreement counseling deployment will jeopardize future deployments [t(51) = −3.05, p = 0.004]. Level several statements including those regarding perceptions invincibility, malingering, others, did not change significantly training. containing educational contact strategies highly acceptable may have promise initially dispelling myths associated concerns service members; however, results indicate clearly more work be done combatting