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: There is now an abundance of research which has demonstrated that military personnel who deploy on operations are at increased risk of suffering a variety of mental …
Abstract: The aim of this review is to evaluate what is known about the impact on children of parental deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. We searched for relevant studies with a …
Abstract: Traditionally alcohol has been used by the military to cope with the intense stress of battle but also as a way of mediating the transition from the heightened experience …
Abstract: Background: Family caregivers of individuals with stigmatized conditions can experience stigma-by-association and discrimination. Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain …
Abstract: Using data from national surveys of jail and prison inmates conducted in 2002 and 2004, the authors found that male veterans in the age group that entered military …
Abstract: This letter to the editor considers how the co-occurrence of conditions involving memory loss (dementia) and intrusive expression of trauma memories (PTSD) underscores …
Abstract: The high prevalence of overweight and obesity in military recruits and in the US population as a whole necessitates understanding the health effects of body composition …
Abstract: This qualitative research assignment aimed to provide a thorough and robust evidence base forplanning by gaining a detailed understanding of the welfare needs of six …
Abstract: The rate and correlates of diagnosed pathological gambling (PG) among mental health patients in the Veterans Health Administration, the only national system of mental …
Abstract: Objective: To compare physical and mental health outcomes of Canadian military personnel with probable mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) to outcomes of those without and …
Abstract: Purpose: To assess the long-term association of military combat stress with coronary heart disease (CHD) and ischemic stroke (IS). Methods: The association between …
Abstract: This study investigated neck loads and neck postures experienced by Canadian Forces (CF) helicopter pilots during routine simulator day and night flights. During the …