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Profile of the Ex-Service Community in the UK

Summary: This is the first of a series of reports on the ex-Service community in the UK. This UK report sets out, for the first time: current and comprehensive estimates of the …

Military history: The experiences of people who become homeless after leaving military service

Abstract: A disproportionate number of homeless people have spent time in the armed forces. This study used interviews with ex‐homeless people with a Services background to …

Acute military psychiatric casualties from the war in Iraq (UK)

Abstract: Background: The view that most military personnel evacuated from war zones are suffering from combat stress reactions, or are otherwise traumatised by the horrors of …

What happens to British veterans when they leave the armed forces?

Abstract: Background: Little is known about the factors associated with leaving the armed forces, or what predicts subsequent employment success for veterans. It is likely that …

Uniform Identity? Lesbians and the Negotiations of Gender & Sexuality in the British Army since 1950

Abstract: Homosexuality has always been deemed to be incompatible with military service and the British Armed Forces has enforced this policy with some rigour. STatistics for …

Post­-Combat Syndromes from the Boer War to the Gulf War: A Cluster Analysis of their Nature and Attribution

Abstract: Investigated whether post-combat syndromes have existed after modern wars and what relation they bear to each other. Medical and military records were reviewed for 1,856 …

SSOP Annual Camp 2019 Narrative Evaluation: A critical investigation of the impact of a military veteran parent with mental health issues or PTSD upon childhood biography

Abstract: Veterans who experience persistent difficulties in maintaining feelings of authentic ‘belongingness’ often experience a sense of deprivation. This loss often …