University of Adelaide Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, Australia; and School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Australian Defence Force Centre for Mental Health, HMAS Penguin, Australia; and School of Psychiatry, University of NSW, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Jun;28(3):267-269. doi: 10.1177/1039856220901470. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
This article aims to define the cultural specificity of Australian military and veterans, and introduce some of the essential clinician knowledge, skills and attitudes required for effective cultural competence in the management of mental health (MH) conditions in this population.
Military culture has the defining characteristics of the military as an organisation with a formal structure, as a cultural group governed by norms and shared values, and as a social group that provides people with identities. Key requirements for cultural competence introduced here are basic knowledge of the military structure, norms and identity; clinical skills including basic assessment and awareness of the commonly occurring MH disorders; and an exploration of attitudes of both the clinician and the military or veteran patient. Further research is needed, particularly in terms of assessing clinician's cultural competence.
本文旨在定义澳大利亚军人和退伍军人的文化特殊性，并介绍一些在管理该人群心理健康（MH）状况时，有效具备文化能力所需的基本临床知识、技能和态度。
军队文化具有以下特点：作为一个组织，它具有正式的结构；作为一个文化群体，它受到规范和共同价值观的约束；作为一个社会群体，它为人们提供了身份认同。这里介绍的文化能力的关键要求包括对军事结构、规范和身份的基本知识；临床技能，包括基本评估和对常见 MH 障碍的认识；以及对临床医生和军人或退伍军人患者的态度进行探讨。还需要进一步研究，特别是在评估临床医生的文化能力方面。
