This study sought to understand the prevalence of mental health difficulties among women veterans from the United Kingdom (UK) using a community sample. Participants for the study were recruited from …
Understanding the Mental Health Needs of a Community-Sample of UK Women Veterans Read More »
This study compares the substance use behaviors of US veterans who screened positive for an anxiety disorder prior to the start of the pandemic (in February 2020) to veterans who …
This paper uses a dialogical narrative approach to understand how participation in a military recovery intervention, to promote personal development, affected soldiers’ personal stories, psychosocial wellbeing, identity, and future life …
Partners of serving personnel encounter numerous challenges when managing military-related demands, particularly due to deployments and other related separations. Challenges include taking responsibility for children and households, conflict when military …
Nonserving partners of military personnel can experience various challenges when managing deployments, particularly as they adapt and adjust their roles within the family home. Discrete, chronological time periods are often …
Living Liminal Lives: Army Partners’ Spatiotemporal Experiences of Deployment Read More »
This study used the Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey (CAFVMHS) to examine the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders and estimate the comorbidity of mental …
This study presents secondary data analyses from a randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of in-person versus telemedicine delivery of prolonged exposure therapy for female veterans (151) with military sexual …
This paper explores the concept of mindfulness and how it may be beneficial to veterans.
This paper explores the reasons why veterans want and continue to volunteer for the military post-service.
This paper explores the lived experiences of military wives and the archetypes that guide the community norms and expectations of military spouses.
This article explores the attachment of older veterans (born before 1950) to their materialised memories which led them to bring photographs and other items, unprompted, to interviews and workshops. Through …
This piece of research investigates whether there is link between resilience levels and later-life mental health.
This paper explores the long-term social effect of military service and the nature of group participation among veterans.
This paper investigates veteran community engagement and how collaborative research approaches can foster successful and beneficial community engagement.
This pilot study explores the feasibility of using tele-therapy as an intervention for veterans with PTSD. A total of 27 participants engaged in tele-therapy, with a treatment completion rate of …
This review is a response to the rapid expansion in moral injury research. The review details the potential risks to participants who take part in moral injury research and how …
Moral injury and the need to carry out ethically responsible research Read More »
This article proposes a ‘Military Integrated Nested Ecological Model’ (MINEM) as a useful analytical tool for those working with, supporting or researching military veterans post-conviction.
In this article, we explore the reactions of serving military personnel, veterans and military spouses to a selection of recent popular media portrayals of military experience in the early 21st …
‘When he’s in Afghanistan it’s like our world/his world’: mediating military experience Read More »
Employment of veterans after leaving military service appears to be an important factor affecting their transition back to civilian life. Although there are employment programs in place to assist veterans …
Veterans’ civilian employment experiences: Lessons learnt from focus groups. Read More »
This paper explores whether veterans with a disability that is service-related are at a mortality disadvantage.
This paper explores resilience training for military personnel.
This article investigates post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in Australian servicemen hospitalized 1942–1952.
This paper explores how US veterans with mental health problems perceive their own identity.
This research explores issues relating to gender in the military. It focuses on understanding how career attitudes and intentions develop and are influenced during the early stages of women and …
Gender and the Military Profession: Early Career Influences, Attitudes, and Intentions Read More »
This study examines whether an individual serving in the military is likely to reduce their risk of offending in the future.
This article examines gender-related issues within the veterans context. It argues that gender can be used as a category for analysis, to deepen discussions surrounding gender in the military and …
Add Female Veterans and Stir? A Feminist Perspective on Gendering Veterans Research Read More »
This article explores whether, in addition to their higher risk of becoming homeless, veterans also have longer spells of homelessness than non-veterans.
This article examines the UK definition of a veteran from an international perspective. It also analyses how veterans interest groups use this definition to provide care and support to the …
What’s in a Name? Defining and Caring for “Veterans” Read More »
This article examines allegations of the mismanagement of millions of dollars by military and veterans charities. This mismanagement allegedly cheats veterans and military members, their families, donors, grantors, and other …
This research explores arguments for and against the banning of openly gay and lesbian service members in the U.S. military.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have marked a change in U.S. women’s military service. For the first time, women were officially placed, though not always officially recognized, in combat …
Approximately 18,000 people leave the UK armed forces each year. Ministry of Defence support exists to cushion transition out of the armed forces and this begins roughly two years before …
Anticipating Army Exit: Identity Constructions of Final Year UK Career Soldiers Read More »
In 2009, the rate of military suicides surpassed that of suicides in the U.S. general population. While suicide was the 10th ranked cause of death in the U.S. general population …
The term ‘veteran’ does not have universal meaning; connotations very depending on context and, for example, whether the term is being used by military personnel, national governments, or the general …
“Are You a Veteran?” Understandings of the Term “Veteran” among UK Ex-service Personnel Read More »
This research explores reasons why there is an earnings advantage for female veterans within the military. Women now represent 14% of active duty enlisted personnel in the US. This research …
Aiming High: Explaining the Earnings Advantage for Female Veterans Read More »
This study examines whether military service increases the risk of incarceration for US veterans compared to their non veteran peer group.
This study examines the attainment levels of Second World War veterans.
Using the American Community Survey, this research paper examines the type of occupations and industries that U.S. veterans are involved with.
This study investigates whether U.S. women veterans are affected by disability and their veteran status when seeking employment in the civilian sector.
This research note explores the decrease in the number of veterans in the United States over the past 30 years and the effects of this.
Reintegration of Veterans into civilian society following military service has been a concern after each major modern war. This study investigates the labor market status of Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans.
This article investigates the relationship between military service and alcohol consumption and explores whether military service appears to encourage young men to consume alcohol.
This study aims to explore the concept of masculinity, specifically in terms of issues related to dominant masculinity, with its emphasis on control, self-reliance and the suppression of emotional or physical …
Beyond the caveman: Rethinking masculinity in relation to men’s help-seeking Read More »
This article examines why male self-injury is seen to be invisible and how traditional notions of masculinity can impact help-seeking behaviours amongst the male population.
This research article explores the connections between participants’ depression, masculinities, work, and retirement.
This research discusses ways in which the Australian news media’s portrayal of depressed men challenges or reproduces the stigma associated with men seeking help for their mental health.
This article discusses how veteran offenders are managed in the community using the experience of Cheshire Probation Trust’s journey to date to create discussions and encourage debates that are relevant …
Veteran offenders in Cheshire: Making sense of the ‘noise’ Read More »
This article looks at the prevalence of veteran deaths in State prisons, using data from the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP).
This article examines the resettlement needs of veterans using survey research which measured resettlement needs of air force veterans in two distinct districts in India.
