Posted on Dec 18, 2015
What is your perspective or perception of seeking behavioral health services in the military?
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My perspective is this: If you need to go and see behavioral health, then go. I'd rather have people go and get the help needed rather than not go and become (possibly) unstable. I'm not going to kick people out or belittle them for seeking help. If I ever do, then that is the day I turn in my stripes.
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Real Warriors - Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler
http://www.realwarriors.net - Service members of any rank or service may experience combat stress or other invisible wounds as a result of deployment. By rea...
I am all in. However, the stigma has and still exists that it is not conducive for one's career to go to behavioral health. Myself and all my MRTs show that it is ok to seek help SMA(R) Chandler's PSA is a great tool to show an example of it not affecting one's career.
https://youtu.be/BR_R947Tf8A?list=PLC95CC908086450C8
https://youtu.be/BR_R947Tf8A?list=PLC95CC908086450C8
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Capt Seid Waddell
SFC Stephen King, one other choice is to accept the fact that you are not coming back and being O.K. with that. It makes everything easier and removes fear.
It makes actually coming back a bit strange for a while though.
It makes actually coming back a bit strange for a while though.
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The Army can talk all they want about how there is no stigma for seeking help.
BULL.
Until they can figure out how to stamp out this mentality in the ranks of their commanders, the stigmatizing and ostracizing of personnel who seek help will persist.
BULL.
Until they can figure out how to stamp out this mentality in the ranks of their commanders, the stigmatizing and ostracizing of personnel who seek help will persist.
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Unfortunately 1SG Jerry Healy I am faced with this issue consistently. As a psychologist and an Officer I find myself walking a fine line between helping someone get better and managing the expectations of commanders. For the most part, things are changing, they just don't seem to be changing fast enough. It is frustrating when your job is to help improve peoples functioning, while at the same time they opt out of seeing me because of self-stigma (which is a whole other discussion) and stigma from the community they live and work in.
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