Koshes R J, Rothberg J M
Department of Military Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC.
Mil Med. 1994 Jun;159(6):454-6.
We studied the utilization of inpatient psychiatric services during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991) on a U.S. Army combat support post. Inpatient psychiatric admissions and dispositions for the post's catchment area were tallied before, during, and after Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Subjects included active duty soldiers (deployed soldiers were not studied while they were away from the post), their families, and retirees. Overall, there was no increase in psychiatric hospitalizations for active duty soldiers, their family members, or retirees. However, coincident with the return of soldiers from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the psychiatric proportion of all hospitalizations increased in the subpopulation of soldiers not deployed who had served less than 1 year. These soldiers in training may be more susceptible to increased stress levels associated with the return of soldiers from war because of their inadequate group bonding.
我们研究了在“沙漠盾牌行动”和“沙漠风暴行动”（1990 - 1991年的海湾战争）期间，美国陆军一个作战支援基地住院精神科服务的使用情况。统计了“沙漠盾牌行动”和“沙漠风暴行动”之前、期间和之后该基地服务区域内的住院精神科入院和出院情况。研究对象包括现役军人（部署在外的军人在离开基地期间未纳入研究）、他们的家属以及退休人员。总体而言，现役军人、其家庭成员或退休人员的精神科住院率并未增加。然而，与从“沙漠盾牌行动”和“沙漠风暴行动”返回的军人同时出现的情况是，在服役不到1年的未部署军人亚群体中，所有住院病例中的精神科病例比例有所上升。这些正在接受训练的军人，由于群体凝聚力不足，可能更容易受到与参战军人归来相关的压力水平增加的影响。
