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The Global Mental Health Initiative:A Whole of Government Approach to More Effective Engagement
Demand Signal for Military Mental Health Engagement
Limited Response Options
Lost Opportunity – Health Security Cooperation
“Strengthen Alliances and Attract New Partners”
Lost Opportunity – Readiness and Force Health Protection
“The military suicide rate in Taiwan is much lower when compared with that of the military personnel in other countries including America and Japan.” “Studies by Chinese researchers have repeatedly
shown that at least a quarter of PLA servicemen suffer from some sort of psychological problem –a number comparable to that of the U.S. military. However, the U.S. military has been a wartime army in active global conflict since 2001, while the PLA fought its last major war in 1979.”
“The Israeli Defense Force Suicide Prevention Program reduced suicide rates by almost 50% from 2006 to 2014.”
Extensive Resources
Extensive Resources
Extensive Resources
Extensive Resources
Extensive Resources
The Global Mental Health Initiative
Coordination
ResearchEngagement
The Global Mental Health Initiative
Research
Review of Past and Ongoing DoD/USG
Efforts in Global Mental Health
Review of Partner Nation Practices,
Programs, Studies and Results
Assist Partners in Research Design and
Evaluation of Practices and Programs
Incorporate New Evidence-Based
Practices Into DoD Programs
The Global Mental Health Initiative
Coordination
Create a Central Repository for Sharing Information, Tracking
Activities, and Gathering Lesson’s
Learned and New/Best-practices
Develop a Network of Global Mental Health
Stakeholders for Coordination,
Collaboration, and Identification/Sharing
of Resources
The Global Mental Health Initiative
Engagement
Work with Combatant Commands and Partner
Nations to Develop More Effective
Engagement Strategies in the Field of Mental Health
Utilize the Stakeholder Network to Align Activities and Enhance Sustainability
Share Lessons Learned and Best Practices with the DoD/USG
and Partner Nations
Timeline
Discussion w/ WRAIR
Discussion w/ NIMH
Presentation at APA
Presentation at COSC
Discussion w/ USU Centers
FEB 16 JUN 16 JUN 17MAY 17
SOUTHCOM Letter of Support
AUG 17 APR 18
PHCoE and USU Begin
Collaboration
NOV 18JUN 18 AUG 18 SEP 18
Inaugural Stakeholder’s
Meeting
Follow-up Stakeholder’s
Meeting
Work on MAX.gov Website Begins
Quarterly Stakeholder’s
Meeting
PHCoE Executes Playbook w/
Nepal
PHCoE Begins Work on BH
Playbook
Global Mental Health
Research Proposal
Submitted
OCT 18
Coordination
Engagement
Research
• Center for Deployment Psychology
• Center for Global Health Engagement
• Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
• Defense Institute for Medical Operations
• Department of State
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Directors of Psychological Health (Services)
• DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
• Hearing Center of Excellence
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Peace Corps
• Psychological Health Center of Excellence
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Uniformed Services University
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• AFRICOM
• CENTCOM
• EUCOM
• NORTHCOM
• INDOPACOM
• SOUTHCOM
• RHC-P
• Walter Reed Institute of Research
Global Mental Health Network Member Organizations
Central Repository
Contact Information
Global Mental Health Network Webpage:https://community.max.gov/display/DoD/Global+Behavioral+Health+Network
USU:Geoffrey J. Oravec, Lt Col, USAF, MCChief, Int'l Health AdvisorDeputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs O: 571 256-7478C: 301 [email protected]
PHCoE:Kate McGraw, PhDDeputy Division ChiefPsychological Health Center of Excellence J9/Defense Health AgencyO: 301 295-3526C: 240 [email protected]
References
1. Lee, Y., & Tzeng, D. (2018). Military Suicide among Taiwanese Soldiers: A Comparative Study. Journal of Medical Sciences, 38(1), 38-41.
2. Yang, Z. (2018, April 01). Are China’s Soldiers Psychologically Fit for Modern Wars? The Diplomat, (41).
3. Shelef, L., Laur, L., Raviv, G., & Fruchter, E. (2015). A military suicide prevention program in the Israeli Defense Force: a review of an important military medical procedure. Disaster and Military Medicine, 1(16).