Dementia in Scottish military veterans: early evidence from a retrospective cohort study
This study examines whether Scottish veterans are at an increased risk of dementia, in comparison with people who have never served.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Examining Veterans’ Interactions with the UK Social Security System through a Trauma-Informed Lens
This paper uses the principles of trauma-informed care – safety, collaboration, choice, trustworthiness, and respect – to reflect on the quality of veterans’ treatment within the UK social security system.
The gendered politics of researching military policy in the age of the ‘knowledge economy’
This article explores the experiences of researchers conducting feminist interpretive research on the British Army Reserves. The researchers show how military assumptions about what constitutes proper ‘research’, bolstered by knowledge …
A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess post-traumatic stress disorder in treatment-seeking veterans
This study aimed to validate the International Trauma Questionnaire’s ability to distinguish between ICD-11 PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). 177 help-seeking veterans completed the measure. …
Parent–child relationship quality and family transmission of parent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and child externalizing and internalizing symptoms following fathers’ exposure to combat trauma
This article explores the impact on the family unit of a father’s post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms as a result of combat trauma.
Mental health disorders and alcohol misuse among UK military veterans and the general population: a comparison study
This paper compares mental disorders and alcohol misuse in UK veterans and non-veterans.
An implementation pilot of the MindBalance web-based intervention for depression in three IAPT services
This paper explores an intervention for depression within IAPT services.
A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess post-traumatic stress disorder in treatment-seeking veterans
This paper validates the International Trauma Questionnaire, which is used to assess post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Parents’ Perspectives of their Children’s Reactions to an Australian Military Deployment
This paper explores parental perceptions of their children’s reactions to military deployment.
Occupational moral injury and mental health: systematic review and meta-analysis
This paper explores the effect of moral injury on mental health outcomes.
Risk and protective factors for offending among UK Armed Forces personnel after they leave service: a data linkage study
This paper examines patterns of offending among ex-military personnel.
Adapting CBT to treat depression in Armed Forces Veterans: qualitative study
This paper explores depression in veterans and how cognitive behavioural therapy can be adapted as a treatment for veterans with depression.
Are common mental disorders more prevalent in the UK serving military compared to the general working population?
This paper compares common mental disorders in the UK serving military compared to the general population.
Mental health of regular and reserve military veterans
This paper explores the mental health of regular and reserve military veterans.
Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies for Veterans and Military Personnel with Traumatic Brain Injury and Co-Morbid Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review
This review explores what interventions have been trialed as interventions to improve mental health outcomes in veterans.
What civilian psychiatrists should know about military psychiatry
This article explores what civilian mental health professionals should know when dealing with service and ex-service men and women.
The Duty of Mind: Ethical Capacity in a Time of Crisis
This paper explores the implications and stress of making ethical decisions under conditions of physical and emotional exhaustion for physicians. This, for example, may be applicable in disaster scenarios.
Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers
This paper examines the emotional and behavioural well-being of children whose fathers are or have been in the UK armed forces.
Management of mental illness by the British Army (UK)
This paper assesses the efficiency of the army psychiatric hospital at restoring patients to full active duty.
Acute military psychiatric casualties from the war in Iraq (UK)
This paper explores the reasons behind psychiatric evacuation from the war in Iraq.
Mental health outcomes at the end of the British involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: a cohort study
This paper details results and outcomes of the third phase of a military cohort study undertaken to examine the prevalence of mental disorders and alcohol misuse, in serving and ex-serving …
An adapted imaginal exposure approach to traditional methods used within trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy, trialled with a veteran population
This article explores a specific trauma-focused approach to cognitive behavioural therapy to treat post traumatic stress disorder, which was trialed with veterans.
Dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder: a review of the mental health risk factors for dementia in the military veteran population
This systematic review explores the relationship between post traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder with dementia within the military veteran population.
Stigma-related barriers and facilitators to help seeking for mental health issues in the armed forces: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature
This review provides an overview of literature that explores stigma, barriers and help seeking with regards to mental health issues in the armed forces.
Post-deployment family violence among UK military personnel
This paper explores violence within the family unit involving military personnel and following return from deployment. Exposure to combat and post-deployment mental health problems are risk factors for violence both inside …
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Ageing, limb-loss, and military veterans: A systematic review of the literature
This article reviews current literature and knowledge regarding the impact of ageing and limb-loss on military veterans.
Coping with traumatic memories: Second World War veterans’ experiences of social support in relation to the narrative coherence of war memories
This articles explores how veterans cope with traumatic memories. The results of this research are discussed in relation to how veterans can be supported by family and friends to work …
Risk factors for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among UK Armed Forces Personnel
This paper looks at the relationship between various demographic variables (childhood adversity; the nature of exposure to traumatic events during deployment; appraisal of these experiences; and home-coming experiences) and the …
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Are common mental disorders more prevalent in the UK serving military compared to the general working population?
Although the military is considered to be a stressful occupation, there are remarkably few studies that compare the prevalence of common mental disorder (CMD) between the military and the general …
Are common mental disorders more prevalent in the UK serving military compared to the general working population?
Although the military is considered to be a stressful occupation, there are remarkably few studies that compare the prevalence of common mental disorder (CMD) between the military and the general …