Can scuba diving offer therapeutic benefit to military veterans experiencing physical and psychological injuries as a result of combat? A service evaluation of Deptherapy UK.

CONCLUSION: Scuba diving can offer significant therapeutic benefits, particularly for ex-military amputees experiencing co-morbid anxiety and/or chronic psychological adjustment disorders, notably in terms of improvements in social dysfunction and symptomology of depression. Implications for Rehabilitation Scuba Diving as a Therapy Military combat can result in devastating, chronic physical and/or psychological injury. Current research suggests that a combination of medical and psychological therapy may prove to be the most beneficial for military veterans. Scuba diving has the potential to benefit injured veterans due the requirement of complete focus and the feeling of weightlessness when underwater. This article evaluates whether scuba diving is an effective physical and psychological therapy through GHQ-28 analysis and veteran interviews. Scuba diving benefited injured veterans in terms of chronic pain relief and depression symptoms alleviation. PMID: 29958006 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research