Military counselors also need better training.
“We reviewed the training materials the U.S. Navy uses for counselor training. Those materials are based on guidelines originally written in 1984. They haven’t updated them,” said Dr. Dennis McCarty, a professor of public health and preventive medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University. “We think there’s a substantial opportunity to enhance the training for the counselors” who work with active-duty military personnel.
To reduce the stigma attached to getting help _ and thus drawing more troops into its programs _ the military should integrate prevention and treatment efforts more into primary health care and do more to preserve confidentiality for those seeking help, the report said.
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Online:
The Institute of Medicine: http://iom.edu
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AP Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report.
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