BJPsych Open (Mar 2016)

Peacekeepers deserve more mental health research and care

  • Jun Shigemura,
  • Masanori Nagamine,
  • Nahoko Harada,
  • Masaaki Tanichi,
  • Kunio Shimizu,
  • Aihide Yoshino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002410
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2
pp. e3 – e4

Abstract

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United Nations peacekeeping personnel face numerous stressors due to their challenging deployments. Past studies have had inconsistent results regarding whether or not their deployment experience affects their mental health outcomes. Further studies are required to ascertain the associations between their outcomes and factors before, during and after their peacekeeping missions.