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Purpose of Study, Research Methods, and Results
For the past decades, the state of the public health system has been failing in a number of
areas. As a nation, we spend billions of dollars on our healthcare, but not enough care given. This
study is to show service member and veterans go through, dealing with healthcare, and how we
can use interdisciplinary research to solve this complex problem and crisis we are facing. In the
military, mental health has been a concern for many years and it’s affecting not only military
service members but the general public. United States service members are at the top of the chain
for contracting mental health disorders (Mclnerney, et. al, 2022). A direct effect that pushed this
disorder over the brink was the 9/11 attacks on our country. In the article Resilience enhancing
programs in the U.S. military: An exploration of theory and applied practice, it will show a
theoretical approach taken, resiliency, trauma and programs that are put in place to help with
mental health.
The study of the resilience program was conducted by healthcare personnel in the
military and was tested by the United States Army, Airforce, Navy, and Marine Corp. Some
patients who are in the resilience program are service members that have been previously
deployed and have returned with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The
method that is used as a substitute method is to test psychological readiness in military units that
is a resilience theory. Another method within this study is to have a one-to-one interview to get a
better understanding of how this is affecting our soldiers. After conduction the research, it should
that soldiers seem to fall into categories. One category is institutional attitudes which is the
attitudes in the military that creates multiple barriers for military members who are seeking
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mental health care (Mclnerney, et. al, 2022). For centuries the perception of soldiers is to be
always tough, show no weakness, and should be able to handle anything thrown their way. This
is one of the root causes of mistreating mental health because a soldier will be seen as weak, not
capable of carrying out his job, and will not reach out for help in regard to their mental health
status.
Interdisciplinary Focus
After reading the article in its entirety, there’s a couple of disciplines that stood out for
me and they are Military resilience, public health, and Psychology. These disciplines are
relevantly discussed in the article. The article discussed one to one interview which can be
considered counseling sessions and services also one of the main the route because that is a
barrier for soldiers is keeping up the façade as being tough and reporting that having a mental
issue will de-soldier them. The discipline of Military resilience includes the ability of a military
personnel to adapt when facing adversity such as trauma which also contains key components. In
the military community, the perception is not to be seen or act weak and if seeking therapy and
treatment for a mental health crisis then you would have to do it secretively even if the military
service member is suffering from a great deal of PTSD, they still would do it secretively due to
the stigma of the military. Shareholders, healthcare providers, agencies within the public and
community health field can change the perception and have the military take a second look at
how they are treating mental health and possibly work together to combat this issue and change
the perception for good.
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After further analyzing the article, an insight that I was made aware of was regarding
public and community health which fits right in with military resilience. I Initially thought that
caregivers and health providers wouldn’t be honest regarding the factors that contribute to the
root cause and barriers within the military healthcare system. The caregivers and providers who
are usually high-ranking officers are well aware of these problems and they haven’t done
anything to fix it over the pass decades. They have been little improvements over the decades but
not enough to help save more of our service men and women. The article expounded on military
healthcare system and how enhancing the psychological readiness for our service members and
use programs to strengthen and validate resilience and to ordained leaders to promote readiness
within the military (Mclnerney, et. al, 2022). The use of a metric system can also help within the
service for reporting, improve the numbers of mental health victims and their outcomes to
increase the psychological readiness in the military which will help to reduce healthcare costs in
the future. As I research this article, I came across an issue which is a conflict with my primary
AOS. Even though there’s similarities in outcomes, the conflict is the use of terms and language
for the disciplines. Psychology is the scientific study that includes behavioral observation, mental
processing, development in cognitive thinking and a research method that us to make progress in
one’s life (Repko et. al, 2021).
Biblical Worldview
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Applying a biblical worldview to this article and what I’ve read so far can only help to
understand from another prospective. The approach using biblical worldview, I’d view this as
God’s truth to us and what he expects from us serving each other. To be more specific, I would
use the time Jesus walked on earth and how he treated humanity on a whole. He walked, talked,
was concerned about individuals, and perform miracles to the sick and heal people with mental
health and chronic diseases. The article is specifically focusing on the care of service members
and coming up with was how to better serve those who are going through depression and
(PTSD). In the book of Ephesians 4v32 it reads “Rather, be kind to one another and
compassionate, and forgive one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.” (NCB, 2019) This
serves as how we should be with our brothers and sisters. Treat each other like Christ himself
would treat us. The stigma is still the same in todays military and members will continue to
suffer in silence. Mental health is a disorder that keep individuals not asking for help because as
humans we think we can figure things out and our own. It’s difficult to face this disorder on your
own so breaking the barriers and the stigma is important. God wants us to treat each other with
kindness, humility, and compassion which would help people to open up more and receive help.
References
McInerney, S. A., Waldrep, E., & Benight, C. C. (2022). Resilience enhancing programs in the
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U.S. Military: An exploration of theory and applied practice. Military Psychology.
https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2022.2086418
Repko, A., & Szostak, R, R. (2021). Interdisciplinary Research: Process and theory. (4th ed.).
SAGE.
The Holy Bible. New Catholic Bible (NCB). 2019.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A32&version=NCB
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