Seddon Rachel L, Jones Edgar, Greenberg Neil
Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK.
Mil Med. 2011 Dec;176(12):1357-61. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-10-00124.
For many hundred of years, military forces have included chaplains of various faiths. Although these personnel mainly concentrate on providing for the religious and spiritual needs of the armed forces, they also contribute to the mental health of service personnel. This article provides a historical overview of military chaplains, examines their contributions to the psychological health of allied forces in World War I and World War II, and offers an overview of the scope of their present and future mental health related activities. The importance of the relationship between medical officers and chaplains in diagnosing and treating mental health problems is also discussed. We conclude that chaplains are capable of contributing significantly to the mental health of armed forces personnel if they are able to do so in informal and collaborative way.
数百年来，军队中一直设有不同宗教信仰的随军牧师。尽管这些人员主要专注于满足军队的宗教和精神需求，但他们也对军人的心理健康有所贡献。本文提供了随军牧师的历史概述，审视了他们在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战中对盟军心理健康的贡献，并概述了他们目前及未来与心理健康相关活动的范围。还讨论了军医与随军牧师在诊断和治疗心理健康问题方面关系的重要性。我们得出的结论是，如果随军牧师能够以非正式和协作的方式开展工作，他们有能力为武装部队人员的心理健康做出重大贡献。
