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- TRiM is a psychoeducational strategy developed by the UK Royal Navy to help military personnel manage PTSD and improve attitudes towards stress and seeking help.
- A study showed that TRiM training effectively changed attitudes about PTSD and help-seeking among trained individuals, but had little impact on seeking help from standard military support.
- The program aims to reduce stigma around mental health issues in both military and civilian contexts, indicating its potential as an effective anti-stigma initiative.
Article Abstract
Trauma risk management (TRiM) is an intensive posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) psychoeducational management strategy based on peer-group risk assessment developed by the UK Royal Navy (RN). TRiM seeks to modify attitudes about PTSD, stress, and help-seeking and trains military personnel to identify at-risk individuals and refer them for early intervention. This quasiexperimental study found that TRiM training significantly improved attitudes about PTSD, stress, and help-seeking from TRiM-trained personnel. There was a nonsignificant effect on attitudes to seeking help from normal military support networks and on general health. Within both the military and civilian populations, stigma is a serious issue preventing help-seeking and reducing quality of life. The results suggest that TRiM is a promising antistigma program within organizational settings.
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