Pre-Deployment Stress, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Marines

by Jeffrey Garnett, Robin M. Weinick, Christine Anne Vaughan, et al.

As part of an evaluation of the Marine Corps Operational Stress Control and Readiness (OSCAR) program, this report describes the methods and findings of a large survey of marines who were preparing for a deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan in 2010 or 2011. The results are among the first to shed light on the pre-deployment mental health status of marines, as well as the social resources they draw on when coping with stress and their attitudes about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833083821
• ISBN13: 9780833083821
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 94 Pages