title: Do military uniform and rank impact on the therapeutic relationship between military mental health clients and clinicians?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to measure the perceptions of military staff of the impact of wearing military uniform on the therapeutic relationship with mental health clients.
  
  
  METHODS
  a brief questionnaire was distributed to all military clinicians in Departments of Community Mental Health to measure their attitudes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  there was a 67.9% (n=70) response rate regarding the impact of uniform on the therapeutic relationship. 20% of responses were positive, 31% negative, 37% mixed and 12% gave no answer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  there was no clear pre-existing literature on this issue. Overall, the wearing of uniform appeared to be perceived positively positive. There is a need to assess clients' points of view in future studies.
authors.affiliation: Headquarters Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: J G H
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hacker Hughes
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Fear
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D008890:Military Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010465:Perception; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom