Effects of psychological intervention on mental health of soldiers in field training

    WANG Yingª²Li, LI Quanª²Chao, XIE Yaª²Ning,YANG Yang, CHEN Xingª²Wei

    1Department of Preventive Health,Guangzhou General Hospital, Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, China, 2Institute of Military Medicine,Jointª²service Department, Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510507, China, 3Department of Psychology,First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China.

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To explore the measures of comprehensive psychological intervention and to provide methods to improve the mental health of military personnel. METHODS: The psychological intervention was applied to 380 soldiers in study group and 376 soldiers in control group. The effect was assessed with Symptom Checklist 90 (SCLª²90),Selfª²rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Selfª²rating Depression Scale (SDS). RESULTS: After the psychological intervention of 80 days, the total scores of SCLª²90 and the factors of interpersonal sensitivity, depression and anxiety in the study group were significantly lower than those of the control (P<0ª±05). The anxiety mood rate of the study group decreased from 22ª±9% to 14ª±9% (P<0ª±01), which was significantly lower than that of the control (24ª±2%,P<0ª±01).The depression mood rate of the study group decreased from 37ª±0% to 22ª±1% (P<0ª±01),also lower than 40ª±0% of the control (P<0ª±01). CONCLUSION: During field training, the comprehensive psychological intervention is an effective measure to improve the mental health of the soldiers. ......