NEW DEHLI, India, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A recent report released by India's Defense Institute of Psychological Research found three main operational stresses on soldiers fighting insurgencies.
The DIPR, an India Defense Ministry laboratory for defense research and development, conducted a study called "Psycho-Social aspect of optimizing the operational efficiency of Security Forces to combat insurgency," India's Ministry of Defense reported
In the study the DIPR reported finding three main operational stresses including "fear of torture, uncertain environment and domestic stresses (that) are responsible for most of psychological problems in various groups of armed forces," the report said.
The study said middle-ranked officers were found to be more vulnerable and stressed out when compared with junior commissioned officers, and post-traumatic stress disorder was observed in traumatized troops.
The study also revealed that "about six to nine months after the detention of a captured militant, is most appropriate period to change in the attitudes of youth and influence their minds towards national identification."
The study recommended that soldiers receive a combat stress management training program and have a "need for immediate therapeutic intervention during post-traumatic stress disorders along with an appropriate analysis with respect to demographic variables of a particular region where the soldiers fought."
