Checking troops for mental illness 'doesn't reduce incidence of problems', top docs' report reveals
Checking troops for mental illness 'doesn't reduce incidence of problems', top docs' report reveals
- But allies including America, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands all do screen – after claims it helped prompt battle scarred troops to seek help sooner. But now the world’s first study into the benefits of screening has found it fails to reduce mental health disorders or improve the numbers seeking help. The landmark study by leading UK academics was published in The Lancet and released today.
- But allies including America, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands all do screen – after claims it helped prompt battle scarred troops to seek help sooner. But now the world’s first study into the benefits of screening has found it fails to reduce mental health disorders or improve the numbers seeking help. The landmark study by leading UK academics was published in The Lancet and released today.