標題: Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation for Military Absenteeism in Taiwan
作者: Tzeng, Nian-Sheng
Chen, Chih-Kang
Wang, Tzong-Shi
Chang, Hsin-An
Kao, Yu-Chen
Yeh, Hui-Wen
Chiang, Wei-Shan
Huang, San-Yuan
生物資訊及系統生物研究所
Institude of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
公開日期: 1-九月-2016
摘要: The relationship between military absenteeism and mental health problems has been noted; however, factors affecting military absenteeism by enlisted personnel have not been studied systematically. In a medical center in Taiwan, we performed a chart review of 26 forensic psychiatric evaluations of enlisted personnel who were absent without leave (AWOL) or deserted their service from 1994 to 2014. The findings showed that many of these recruits had a lower level of education (50.00% had just nine years of education), intellectual disability (46.15%), depressive disorders (30.76%), and suicidal ideation (53.85%). Depressive disorder was overrepresented in comparison with findings in a previous study. Further study is needed to confirm whether psychiatric screening before service enlistment and early psychiatric intervention for service members with mental illness or emotional disturbance could help in the prevention of desertion or going AWOL.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11536/147838
ISSN: 1093-6793
期刊: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW
Volume: 44
起始頁: 352
結束頁: 358
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