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Service evaluation of a Human Givens Therapy service for veterans

Abstract: Background: PTSD Resolution is a charitable provider of mental health support and treatment via Human Givens Therapy to members of the Armed Forces Community. This study …

Healthy workers or less healthy leavers? Mortality in UK military veterans

Abstract: Background: The ‘healthy worker effect’ predicts that longer employment is positively associated with reduced mortality, but few studies have examined mortality in …

Loneliness and Social Isolation of Military Veterans: Systematic Narrative Review

Abstract: Loneliness and social isolation are being increasingly recognized as influencing both physical and mental health. There is limited research carried out with military …

The Impact of Military service on Health and Well-being

Abstract: While it is known that some UK Armed Forces (UK AF) personnel and veterans experience physical and mental health problems, the possible future healthcare needs of …

Mental health service acceptability for the armed forces veteran community

Abstract: Background: Despite developments in mental health services for armed forces veterans and family members, barriers to access associated with poor levels of acceptability …

Experiences and career intentions of combat-deployed UK military personnel

Abstract: Background: Most studies of the psychological impact of military deployment focus on the negative and traumatic aspects. Less is known about the full range of deployment …

The Psychological Health of Remote Area Medics in Iraq

Abstract: Remote area medics (RAMs) may be at increased risk of mental health difficulties. The aim of this study is to explore the occupational experiences of RAMs to identify …

Factors associated with smoking behaviour change in UK military personnel

Abstract: Background: Research in the UK civilian population suggests that poor mental health outcomes are associated with smoking behaviour. In the UK military population, …

Perceived effect of deployment on families of UK military personnel

Abstract: Background: In the UK, little is known about the perceived effects of deployment, on military families, from military personnel in theatre. Aims: To investigate military …

Rest and Recuperation in the UK Armed Forces

Abstract: Background: Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that military personnel commonly remain psychologically resilient in the face of adversity they face on deployment. …

Mortality from Multiple Sclerosis in British Military Personnel

Abstract: Background: While analysing trends in occupational mortality in England and Wales, we noticed an unexpectedly elevated proportion of deaths from multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Suicide in Scottish military veterans: a 30-year retrospective cohort study

Abstract: Background: Although reassuring data on suicide risk in UK veterans of the 1982 Falklands conflict and 1991 Gulf conflict have been published, there have been few …