Military Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 11, 2025
The Department of Defense predicts that future conflicts will involve large-scale combat operations (LSCOs) characterized by high-intensity warfare between technologically advanced nations. These may result in prolonged exposure to violence, increasing the risk severe mental health consequences for military personnel, veterans, and civilians. Research on past wars ongoing conflicts, such as war Ukraine, demonstrates heightened risks post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, moral injury, compassion fatigue LSCOs. Unlike previous Iraq Afghanistan, LSCOs deployments, limited medical evacuations, greater use cyber psychological warfare, exacerbating distress. Given these anticipated threats, we urge professionals proactively address challenges associated with Preemptive strategies include predeployment resilience training, increased access deployable telehealth resources, targeted interventions preventing mitigating injury. Additionally, civilian populations conflict zones experience displacement violence. long-term impact program development evaluation is needed support affected populations. By anticipating posed LSCOs, can implement strategic mitigate their burden service members,
Language: Английский