Op Telic--a field mental health team in the general support medical setting

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
P D McAllisterS Philpott

Abstract

The recent conflict in the Gulf saw the large-scale deployment of Field Mental Health Teams (FMHT), in support of 1 UK Division and its constituent brigades. This article describes the activities and findings from a FMHT deployed alongside a General Support Medical Regiment covering the divisional rear area. The rate of psychiatric casualties was much lower than anticipated, but the expected bias towards less experienced personnel and reservists was noted. The article covers all stages of the operation from pre-deployment training, reception, staging and onward integration, operations, redeployment and homecoming, describing the core activities of the FMHT at each stage.

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Dec 21, 2006·Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps·P D McAllister
Dec 3, 2008·Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps·D MurphyN Greenberg
May 12, 2011·Community Mental Health Journal·Mathew McCauleyJamie Hacker Hughes
Jan 3, 2013·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·D Whybrow
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Dec 3, 2008·Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps·P McAllister, J H Hughes
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