Korean J Psychosom Med.  2019 Dec;27(2):119-129. 10.22722/KJPM.2019.27.2.119.

Cognitive and Psychological Characteristics of Psychiatric Patients with Military Service Eligibility Issues

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea. aidaworld@hanmail.net
  • 2Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang Medical Center and College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to examine cognitive and psychological characteristics of patients who visited psychiatric outpatient clinic with military service suitability issues.
METHODS
Since January, 2017 to September, 2018, patients were recruited from the department of psychiatry of university hospital. Participants were diagnosed using DSM-5 criteria by board certified psychiatrists. And each of participants tested with K-WAIS-IV, K-SCL-95 by clinical psychologist. The data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0.
RESULTS
The results indicated 24.6% of the patients have significantly low level of intellectual functioning. and 10.8% of the patients have borderline level of intellectual functioning, and 26.3% of them were below average. The results of psychological characteristics showed patients have cautious and potentially dangerous level of depression, anxiety, agoraphobia, and suicidal idea. And PTSD subscale's mean score was above problematic level. Next, we divided patients into two groups based on question of whether the patient is eligible to serve in the military service or not arises from recruitment process or army training center. But two group didn't differ significantly. And for further analyses, we also divided patients into two groups based on if they got single psychiatric diagnosis or more than one psychiatric diagnosis.
CONCLUSIONS
The results indicated that group which has coexisting psychiatric disorders were more depressed, had higher level of anger and aggression, and had more serious levels of suicidal ideas than single psychiatric diagnosis group. The implications and limitations were discussed along with some suggestions for the future studies.

Keyword

Military service suitability; Depression; Aggression; Suicidility

MeSH Terms

Aggression
Agoraphobia
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Anger
Anxiety
Depression
Humans
Mental Disorders
Military Personnel*
Psychiatry
Psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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