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This chapter is based mainly on the example of the German military. With the end of the “Cold War” and after German reunification, the political decision was made to take over more international responsibility. This led to considerable changes in foreign and security policy and thus also in the everyday military life of soldiers. The consequences of psychological injuries are often not registered by those affected, or are not accepted due to stigmatisation fears, and are still not sufficiently recognised by superiors, comrades and also by the doctors treating them. Drawing on the experience of friendly armed forces, the Federal Armed Forces has developed a prevention and treatment concept, which forms the organisational basis for effective psychosocial support in the Federal Armed Forces’s basic operations and during foreign missions. The therapeutic procedure is illustrated by case studies. A further topic of the chapter is the right of care for soldiers.

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Biesold, K.H., Zimmermann, P., Barre, K. (2022). Military. In: Maercker, A. (eds) Trauma Sequelae. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64057-9_24

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