Exploring the acceptability and feasibility of using virtual reality to augment cognitive behavioral therapy to overcome avoidance central to mental health presentation in Veterans

Combat Stress

This project aims to assess if the use of virtual reality alongside cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an acceptable and feasible intervention to improve outcomes for Veterans living with a mental …

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PhD Project

Exploring UK Armed Forces Combat Veteran and Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Current and Emerging Treatments for PTSD

Christopher Barnes

This study aims to explore how UK Armed Forces veterans understand and experience PTSD, focusing on the cultural, psychological and systemic factors that shape help‑seeking and engagement with …

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Female Veterans Transformation Programme

Liza Jarvis

The aim of this programme is to transform service provision for female Veterans. …

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FIRST PETT : a PTSD Experimental Treatment Trial

Currently recruiting

PTSD rates in the general population are 4% but in military veterans it can be up to 17% or higher. For up to 80% of veterans, their PTSD is Complex - associated with multiple, or prolonged, traumas. …

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Future scenarios for mental health support within the UK Armed Forces Community

Linda Slapakova, RAND Europe

The RAND Europe Centre for Futures and Foresight Studies is working in collaboration with leading veterans' mental health charity Combat Stress to identify future trends out to 2045 which may affect …

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Look back to move forward

The Gambling Research, Education and Treatment (GREAT) Network

The Look Back to Move Forward project will develop, evaluate, and adapt a new timeline assessment of gambling, alcohol use, and mental health in recently transitioned Veterans. Each phase …

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Moral injury treatment: Randomised control trial

Dr Victoria Williamson, Amanda Bonson, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), Combat Stress

This research project aims to assess if it is feasible and acceptable to run a pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of ‘Restore & Rebuild’ (R&R) treatment compared to a Treatment as …

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Our Health, Our Community, Our Voice

The primary aim is to co-produce a MCCYP specific SDH screening tool within the context of military life, to identify and reduce inequalities within the military connected children and young …

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PhD Project

Patterns and pathways of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse among UK military personnel and veterans

Linda Slapakova, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This study is examining the prevalence, risk factors and pathways of different patterns of IPVA among male and female UK Armed Forces veterans.

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R&R: Restore and Rebuild

Combat Stress, Professor Dominic Murphy

This project aims to compare the co-produced moral injury treatment, called “Rebuilding and Reconnecting: Psychological Treatment After Challenging Events (R&R)” with treatment as usual.     …

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Supporting ALL to thrive

Dr Claire Lee

The Supporting All to Thrive study will shed light on the educational outcomes of Service children with SEND, linked to a nuanced understanding of the dynamics and complexities characterising their …

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The FemBER-Vet project: Identifying endocrinological, lifestyle and psychosocial determinants of female veteran brain health outcomes for future intervention success

Professor Glyn Howatson, Dr Paul Ansdell, Dr Gill McGill, Dr Chinedu Udeh-Momoh, The Northern Hub For Veterans and Military Families Research

This feasibility study will create an innovative highly-phenotyped readiness cohort of female Veterans to assess the impacts of, and risks associated with, military Service on brain health. 

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