Abstract: Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) is a peer-led, occupational mental health support process that aims to identify and assist U.K. military personnel with persistent mental …
Abstract: It is well established that veterans suffering from mental health difficulties under use mental health services. This study aimed to understand more about the barriers …
Abstract: Each year around 20 000 members of the UK Armed Forces leave and become veterans, and it has been estimated that there are approximately 4.5 million veterans living …
Abstract: Background: Evidence suggests that veterans with mental health issues have poorer treatment outcomes than civilian counterparts. Understanding the difficulties faced by …
Abstract: Statistically, men make less use of health-care services than women. This has been interpreted as the result of the ‘hegemonic’ masculine code in which ‘real’ …
Abstract: It is often assumed that men are reluctant to seek medical care. However, despite growing interest in masculinity and men’s health, few studies have focussed on …
Abstract: Little is known about the patterns of help-seeking in UK veterans with mental health difficulties. The aim of this study was to explore referral patterns to Combat …
Abstract: Mental health stigma and barriers to care (BTC) reportedly impede help seeking among U.K. military personnel. Military service providers’ perceptions of this link were …
Abstract: A recent quantitative review in the area of stigma and help seeking in the armed forces has questioned the association between these factors (Sharp et al. 2015). To …
Abstract: Research has demonstrated that military service members are at elevated risk for a range of psychiatric problems, and mental health services use is a conduit to symptom …
Abstract: The relationship between mental health symptoms, stigmatising beliefs about mental health and help seeking is complex and poorly understood. 1636 UK Armed Forces …
Abstract: Divisions between the social spheres of public and private are always fluid, mutually constitutive, and politically and socially formulated. Within the British military, …