Experience-Led Transformation: Understanding the Needs of Veterans in Custody Support Officers Through Co-Produced, Practitioner-Led Research

Dr Emma Murray

This project aims to centre the experiences, knowledge and insights of Veterans in Custody Support Officers (VICSOs) as co-researchers in order to understand their needs and the early implementation …

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PhD Project

Exploring diagnosis and treatment pathways for Service personnel diagnosed with adjustment disorder in the British Armed Forces: A mixed methods study.

Jenny Stone

This study aims to improve understanding of the triggers, presentation and management of UK Service personnel given a Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) diagnosis of adjustment disorder.  …

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Exploring suicidality risk in Veterans resident in Northern Ireland

Professor Chérie Armour

The purpose of the project is to understand how common suicidality is among the Northern Ireland veteran population, and to explore what factors play an integral role in increasing the risk of …

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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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Exploring the deployment-related wellbeing of pre-school children from UK Naval, Army and Air Force backgrounds

Dr Georgina Normile, Debra Barton

To understand the impact of military-related parental deployment on three to five year old children from Naval, Army and Air Force backgrounds across the UK to better inform policy and practices for …

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PhD Project

Exploring the experiences of military mobility for young people from British Army and RAF families, both overseas and within England.

Siobhan Cambridge, Veterans & Families Institute for Military Social Research

The purpose of this research is to explore and understand the experiences of military mobility through the perspectives of young people, aged between 14-18, from British Army and RAF families, who …

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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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PhD Project

How does the gendered labour market impact social construction and culture development in the Royal Air Force? An intersectional perspective

Amy Hill

By using the subjective experiences of serving and veteran RAF personnel, and an intersectional perspective with a gendered lens, this research aims to examine how the negotiation and marginalisation …

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In-home gait rehabilitation of lower limb amputees using wearable technologies for long-term musculoskeletal health

Centre for Injury Studies

The key aim of this project is to develop and test a wearable biofeedback system for military amputee gait training. This seeks to develop an effective precise gait training method for regular daily …

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