A comprehensive searchable repository providing access to international evidence and reports about the Armed Forces community. Updated each month using robust methodology, the repository can be used confidently by all to identify and access relevant evidence. A user-friendly search tool is available to support your research needs and includes the ability to specify key words, themes, author, year of publication, country of origin, methods used, and whether items have been peer reviewed.
Abstract: Research suggests that online communication is associated with increased closeness to friends and friendship quality. Children under 13 years of age are increasingly …
Abstract: Reserve and National Guard forces have been mobilized to an unprecedented degree in recent overseas conflicts. There is concern that rates of psychological problems may …
Abstract: Background: The efficacy of psychosocial therapies for common mental health disorders in veterans is unclear and requires further examination. Method: Systematic review …
Abstract: Purpose: Many military women are being called to separate from their children to go to war. Most previous research has focused upon paternal, rather than, maternal, …
Abstract: Study objectives were to compare mental health outcomes of a peer-led recovery group, a clinician-led recovery group, and usual treatment and to examine the effect of …
Abstract: Purpose: The primary aim was to describe the perceptions of military mothers regarding separation from their children over the trajectory of the wartime deployment …
Abstract: This article reviews the literature on deployment trauma and examines the limitations of conventional understandings of trauma as they relate to veterans' experiences. …
Abstract: In this study of 45 clergy in a military town, the role congregationshave, if any, in providing pastoral care to military congregants andtheir family members was …
Abstract: Service members and veterans who now no longer fear reprisal due to the repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy are in a position …
Abstract: A national veterans covenant would serve as the touchstone for creating a more effective and coordinated community system for delivering services to veterans and their …
Abstract: Different countries have varying definitions of the word “veteran,” which in turn influence the benefits that ex-Service personnel receive. However, public opinion …
Abstract: Every year thousands of returning military, state, and local police officers and civilians of every description suffer from the intrusive symptoms of posttraumatic …