Combat stress control manual

This field manual (FM) provides information for all leaders and staff on the control of combat stressors and the prevention of stress casualties. It identifies the leaders' responsibilities for controlling stress and. Leaders' Manual for Combat Stress Control: Overview of Combat Stress Control. The understanding of the concept and scope of combat stress control. It reviews historical experiences with stress casualties in different intensities of conflict and looks to the potential stressors in high-tech battles. Support Groups. stability, and civil support operations and to provide information on combat and operational stress control (COSC). It provides guidance on how to prevent, File Size: KB.

Combat Stress Control 6 this point that the area of combat stress casualty intervention really began to gain momentum. Battle Fatigue As the World War II successor to shell shock, battle fatigue became a popular term in military medicine that is still used in many of the discussions of combat stress today. *FM (FM ) Field Manual Headquarters No. () Department of the Army Washington, DC, 6 July i COMBAT AND OPERATIONAL STRESS CONTROL. Scope of Combat Stress Control Combat stress control is much more than just a few stress reduction techniques which busy leaders are supposed to learn from books or mental health workers and use now and then when the stress seems intense. Army combat stress control activities must be a part of everything the Army does.

Field Manual. Headquarters. No. (). Department of the Army. Washington, DC, 6 July i. COMBAT AND OPERATIONAL STRESS CONTROL. Contents. This field manual provides important information for all leaders and staff on the control of combat stressors and the prevention of stress casualties. The Army Field Manual , “Combat Stress Control in a Theater of Operations,” describes duties of the OT but gives little detail as to how the OT performs.