This article explores mild traumatic brain injury among military personnel, considering its definition, prevalence rates, markers, long-term consequences and current treatment.
This study examines the topic of hearing problems among the Canadian Armed Forces Veterans.
Population diversity is commonly encountered in rehabilitation research. Understanding the effect of this in rehabilitation research is important, since varying conditions can influence clinical outcomes. This review explores these issues …
This report reviews the ELeVATE program which aims to increase the enrollment, retention, eventual graduation at the college level, and career success of wounded, injured, and ill Veterans in engineering …
This article examines how resilience and peer support through the creative arts can contribute to the mental health of Veterans and their families.
Military families are known for their resiliency, but even this is challenged as they experience multiple and lengthy deployment cycles. This study considers the factors that affect reintegration on returning …
Coming home: the experiences and implication of reintegration for military families Read More »
This research presents evidence for the prevalence of and factors affecting chronic physical health conditions in Canadian Veterans.
Hearing loss in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is a problem that has not lessened over the years. The cost of claims for hearing loss borne by Veterans Affairs Canada …
In Canada, estimates are that one in four Veterans may struggle to adjust to the transition from military life to civilian life. In a Canadian survey, 25% of Veteran respondents …
This article identifies factors associated with the SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in former Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Veterans …
This research explores surgical techniques used in the modern battlespace, in particular with regards to damage-control surgery and resuscitation. It furthermore investigates solutions to improve these surgical procedures. This research …
This article explores how music might help Canadian veterans manage the pressures associated with deployment and cope with psychologically-based operational stress injuries.
A survey was sent to all recently released Canadian Armed Forces members to examine their military to civilian transition experience and what resources are needed to ensure a successful transition. …
Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life: the Role of Mastery and Social Support Read More »
This paper discusses the questions used to identify Canadian veterans and how these identifier questions will contribute to a better understanding of the transition from military to civilian life and …
Screening Questions to Identify Canadian Veterans Read More »
This research, carried out over a long period of time on a specific group of veterans living in Ontario, looks at healthcare data to better understand health changes over time. …
This article assesses the types of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries commonly affecting military personnel and the outcome measures that may be used to predict a safe return to active duty post-injury.
This review aims to identify assessments that have the potential to measure spiritual fitness to be used in a military context. It is the first step in the process of …
Measures of spirituality for use in military contexts: a scoping review Read More »
This research explores wider issues of health and military medicine in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). A renewed emphasis upon force health protection is imperative for the CAF, whether on deployment …
Leading change in Canadian military medicine: determinants of success, 1685-2016 Read More »
This research explores the relationship between positive mental health (PMH) and factors relating to family and household, and social support within this context.
This study explores the experiences of children who grow up in Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) families. The challenges of this upbringing for children are well documented. This study, on the …
Children’s positive experiences growing up in Canadian military households Read More »
This article examines how the impact of military life can affect the well-being of children living in single-parent military families in Canada.
This article examines the frequency of positive screening results for probable PTSD in treatment-seeking Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel and Veterans when both DSM-5 and DSM-IV-TR symptom cluster criteria were applied.
This research examines the reasons for and effect of cannabis use in veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces.
This research questions whether military personnel with past mental health problems are more vulnerable to the effects of combat.
This study examines the clinical features, help seeking patterns and military conditions that contribute to the experience of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) for personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Military personnel transitioning from military service to civilian life undergo a complex process of re-integration. This research explores the relationship between anxiety disorders and physical conditions in Canadian Veterans, in …
A discussion about using the CAREN system to treat Canadian Armed Forces with non-specific lower back pain.
This study provides information about brain function in troops before and after deployment. The study explores concepts such as resilience, what it means within the military context, as well as …
Cognitive performance improvement in Canadian Armed Forces personnel during deployment Read More »
This article examines how the soldier can overcome the moral values associated with the combat theater in order to reintegrate themselves into civilian society which holds a different set of …
Military Ethics and Well-being: A Soldier’s Journey Read More »
This article uses Grimms’ ‘Bearskin’ to explain the process for soldiers returning home from combat and how to integrate a warring spirit during peacetime.
This report provides an overview of The Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) Protocol, which is a brief non-traumatizing intervention for the intrusive symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
