title: A Bourdieusian Analysis of U.S. Military Culture Ground in the Mental Help-Seeking Literature.
abstract: This theoretical treatise uses the scientific literature concerning help seeking for mental illness among those with a background in the U.S. military to posit a more complex definition of military culture. The help-seeking literature is used to illustrate how hegemonic masculinity, when situated in the military field, informs the decision to seek formal treatment for mental illness among those men with a background in the U.S. military. These analyses advocate for a nuanced, multidimensional, and situated definition of U.S. military culture that emphasizes the way in which institutional structures and social relations of power intersect with individual values, beliefs, and motivations to inform and structure health-related practices.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.|2 Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Services, North Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.|2 Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Services, North Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cheney
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.|2 Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Services, North Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Curran
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008889:Military Personnel; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D014481:United States
keywords: culture; masculinity ideology; mental health; psychosocial and cultural issues