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Outdoor recreational activity experiences improve psychological wellbeing of military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: Positive findings from a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial.

Abstract: Exposure to the natural environment is increasingly considered to benefit psychological health. Recent reports in the literature also suggest that outdoor exposure that …

Planned Dream Interventions: A Pragmatic Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate a Psychological Treatment for Traumatic Nightmares in UK Military Veterans

Abstract: Nightmares are a hallmark symptom of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), affecting an estimated 90% of trauma-exposed adults. This article reports on a pragmatic …

Going to War does not have to Hurt: Preliminary Findings from the British Deployment to Iraq

Abstract: We carried out a brief longitudinal mental health screen of 254 members of the UK's Air Assault Brigade before and after deployment to Iraq last year. Analysis of …

Help-seeking and Receipt of Treatment among UK Service Personnel

Abstract: For armed forces personnel, data on help-seeking behaviour and receipt of treatment for mental disorders are important for both research and policy. Aims: To examine …

Ethical Considerations for Military Clinical Psychologists: A Review of Selected Literature

Abstract: Clinical psychology has had a long and distinguished association with the practice of mental health care in the military. Although clinical psychologists are trained both …

Military Mental Health Professionals On Operational Deployment: An Exploratory Study

Abstract: This exploratory study aimed to develop greater insight into the occupational and personal nature of the practice of mental healthcare on operational deployments. …

The Stigma of Mental Health Problems and Other Barriers to Care in the UK Armed Forces

Abstract: Background: As with the general population, a proportion of military personnel with mental health problems do not seek help. As the military is a profession at high risk …

Trauma and its Treatment in Forensic Settings

Abstract: This chapter describes the different types of traumatic presentations: acute, chronic, prolonged and complicated. It explores common factors and pathways in their …

Military Veteran Psychological Health and Social Care: Contemporary Issues

Abstract: When servicewomen and men leave the armed forces, their care transfers to the statutory and third sector where the quality and provision of services can vary enormously. …

Flash to Bang: Psychological Trauma, Veterans and Military Families: can Services Cope?

Abstract: This research explores psychological trauma in the veteran community and service provision. This article questions whether there is adequate service provision to meet …

Nothing New Under the Sun: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in the Ancient World

Abstract: Herodotus’ account of the Athenian spear carrier Epizelus’ psychogenic mutism following the Marathon Wars is usually cited as the first documented account of …