The All-volunteer Force and Crime: The Effects of Military Participation on Offending Behavior

Abstract: Sampson and Laub’s age-graded theory of informal social control posits that social bonds created through marriage, military, and employment lead to a decrease of …

Integrating Life Skills into Relationship and Marriage Education: The Essential Life Skills for Military Families Program

Abstract: Military personnel and families experience significant challenges and need skills that will prepare them for extended periods of separation and other military demands. …

Acceptability of Anxiety Management within UK Armed Forces

Abstract: Background: The Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) at RAF Brize Norton runs a regular anxiety management day (AMD) which is a group intervention for regular …

Effectiveness of group reminiscence therapy for depressive symptoms in male veterans: 6-month follow-up

The purpose of this study was to use group reminiscence therapy (GRT) as a nursing intervention to evaluate the post-test, 3-month and 6-month effects on depressive symptoms for …

Self-reported emotional and behavioral symptoms, parent-adolescent bonding and family functioning in clinically referred adolescent offspring of Croatian PTSD war veterans

Abstract: The presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in male war veterans has been linked with family dysfunction and psychopathology in their children [1, 2]. This …

Role of the military community mental health nurse (UK)

Abstract: Aim: To understand the role and effect of a community mental health nurse (CMHN) deployed to work with military personnel during sea-based operations. …

Psychological health of military children: Longitudinal evaluation of a family-centered prevention program to enhance family resilience

Abstract: Family-centered preventive interventions have been proposed as relevant to mitigating psychological health risk and promoting resilience in military families facing …

Multi-Component Yoga Breath Program for Vietnam Veteran Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract: Objective: It is appropriate to acknowledge that despite treatment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) continually debilitates many Vietnam veterans. Although …

Military and Veteran Family-Centered Preventive Interventions and Care: Making Meaning of Experiences Over Time

Abstract: This commentary discusses key themes in four conceptually related papers in this special issue on military families. Individually, the papers highlight the importance of …

Veteran Mental Health Services in the UK: Are we Headed in the Right Direction?

Abstract: This article considers if the UK's mental health service provisoin for Veterans is heading in the right directoin. It argues that as we look towards 2015 when the …

Web intervention for OEF/OIF veterans with problem drinking and PTSD symptoms: A randomized clinical trial

Abstract: Objective: Veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) commonly experience alcohol misuse and symptoms of posttraumatic …

Ex-military Personnel in the Criminal Justice System: A Cross-sectional Study

Abstract: The aim of this article is to estimate the proportion of Regular veterans in England and Wales who are in prison or supervised by a Probation Trust. A cross-sectional …