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  • Author: Suzette Brémault-Phillips
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Military family-centred resilience-building programming across the deployment cycle: A scoping review

Abstract: Background: There is international agreement that military families (MFs)—active service members, reservists, veterans, and their families—must be resilient to …

Family / Relationships Peer reviewed

Peer support activities for Veterans, serving members, and their families: Results of a scoping review.

Abstract:For many, including military veterans and their families, support between individuals with shared lived experiences, or peer support, has long been utilized as a way to …

Employment Family / Relationships Housing Mental Health Well-Being Peer reviewed

Spiritual Dimensions of Moral Injury: Contributions of Mental Health Chaplains in the Canadian Armed Forces

This paper explores moral injury in the context of spirituality and how addressing spiritual wounds can help personnel cope with moral injury.

Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being Peer reviewed

Working together to address sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Abstract:In 2015, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) implemented Operation HONOUR to eliminate sexual misconduct (SM) in the military. Sexual assault, inappropriate sexual behaviours, …

Mental Health Peer reviewed

Virtual Reality-Based Treatment for Military Members and Veterans With Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Protocol for a Multimodular Motion-Assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract: Background:Military members are at elevated risk of operational stress injuries, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and moral injury. Although psychotherapy …

Mental Health Peer reviewed

Brain bootcamp: Pre-post comparison findings of an integrated behavioural health intervention for military members with reduced executive cognitive functioning

Abstract: Introduction: Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Service members (SMs) experience higher rates of mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) and psychosocial risk factors such as …

Mental Health Peer reviewed

Reflections on recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration of injured service members and Veterans from a bio-psychosocial-spiritual perspective

Abstract: Medical interventions regarding trauma resuscitation have increased survivorship to levels not previously attained. Multiple examples from recent conflicts illustrate the …

Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being Peer reviewed

Measures of spirituality for use in military contexts: a scoping review

Abstract: Introduction: The purpose of this scoping review is to identify measures of spiritual fitness that can be used in a military context. Methods: Two independent reviewers …

Well-Being Peer reviewed