title: Utilization of occupational therapy in combat stress control during the Persian Gulf War.
abstract: This article chronicles the deployment and subsequent utilization of occupational therapy personnel in support of combat stress control operations during the Persian Gulf War. It presents a discussion of occupational therapy's military history, evolving doctrine, and selected training experiences which led to the attachment of occupational therapy personnel to the 528th Medical Detachment (Psychiatric OM Team). A description of roles, functions, methods of operation, and lessons learned help to clarify the direction of occupational therapy in its future wartime mission.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7770.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ellsworth
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Sinnott
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Laedtke
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: McPhee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East; D008887:Military Medicine; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare