title: Utilization of psychiatric services by female military personnel changes since admission of women to all German Armed Forces military careers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In 2001, women were admitted to all military careers in the German Armed Forces. This study examines whether the utilization of psychiatric services of female military personnel has changed since then.
  
  
  METHODS
  The central medical database of German military personnel for the years 2000 and 2006 was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2000 and 2006, the percentage (based on the average totals of male and female military personnel) of consultations of primary care unit surgeons for psychiatric problems increased significantly for both male and female military personnel, this increase being more apparent for women than for men. Stress-related disorders showed the greatest rise. In 2006, as opposed to 2000, the total proportion of both outpatient and inpatient mental health treatment provided to female military personnel was significantly higher than for males, particularly regarding stress-related, affective and personality disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gender-specific aspects should be considered more intensely in preventive and therapeutic psychiatric supply in the German Armed Forces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, German Armed Forces Military Hospital Berlin, Scharnhorststrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ströhle
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Langner
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanczik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*