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: Objective: Combat exposure can increase the risk of subsequent psychological ill-health in armed forces (AF) personnel. A U.S. postdeployment psycho-educational …
Summary: As the UK Armed Forces undergo unprecedented restructuring to deliver a new employment model, this report draws together what we know about how the families and children …
Abstract: When military service members separate from the military, many return to their families of origin, living with their parents for a period of several weeks to years. …
Abstract: There is recent concern about what becomes of Armed Forces leavers. This is most apparent among leavers themselves and is a feature of short careers that compel …
Abstract: Eight practical steps to help military families through the unique issues they face. When service members return, it's up to their families to try to soften their …
Abstract: This paper is based on a project that was designed to ascertain the nature and extent of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) within military families in England. The …
This report contains a preliminary analysis of the data from the 2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study. It will be followed by a series of detailed analyses and …
Abstract: Every day, we talk about the stigma and stereotypes attached to veterans. The problem is, we stop with the words stereotype or stigma and do not go so far as to break …
Abstract: The development of medical care for U.S. military families and retirees was serendipitous, a fortunate accident. The formal development of military family medical care …
Abstract: Purpose: There is speculation that high rates of mental illness among Reservists returning from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan may be due to the challenge of …
Abstract: Although the suicide rate in the military has traditionally been lower than the civilian rate (Kang & Bullman, 2008), suicide rates in recent years have trended …
Abstract: Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated a sharp increase in the number of amputees who will leave the Armed Forces up to 2020. In addition, commitments made by …