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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 …

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 …

Self-harm in the UK Military

Abstract: Background: Self-harm in the UK military has variously been estimated at 1–5.6% compared with 4.9% in the general UK population. Aims: To establish the overall …

Iraq and Afghanistan veteran presentations to Combat Stress, since 2003

Abstract: Background: Recently, proposals have been made to improve mental health care for UK military veterans. Combat Stress (CS), a veteran’s charity, has provided mental …

The Long-Term Consequences of Military Deployment: A 5-Year Cohort Study of United Kingdom Reservists Deployed to Iraq in 2003

Abstract: Reserve and National Guard forces have been mobilized to an unprecedented degree in recent overseas conflicts. There is concern that rates of psychological problems may …

Veterans' physical health

Abstract: How individuals age is affected by life experiences. What we know today about aging has been largely shaped by a generation who experienced the special circumstances of …

Military Families in an Era of Persistent Conflict

Abstract: Since the start of America’s post–September 11, 2001 military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, military families have been the subject of increasing interest and …

Early Service Leavers: a study of the factors associated with premature separation from the UK Armed Forces and the mental health of those that leave early

Abstract: Background: Approximately 18 000 personnel leave the UK Armed Forces annually. Those leaving before completing the minimum term of their contracts are called early …

Domestic Abuse and Military Families: The Problem of Reintegration and Control

Abstract: This paper is based on a project that was designed to ascertain the nature and extent of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) within military families in England. The …

Finally “Deliberate by Design:” Milestones in the Delivery of Health Care for U.S. Military Family Members

Abstract: The development of medical care for U.S. military families and retirees was serendipitous, a fortunate accident. The formal development of military family medical care …

The Soldier as Victim: Peering through the Looking Glass

Abstract: Despite a rising criminological interest in the numbers of British veterans in the criminal justice system and the criminogenic context of the Iraq conflict, a concern …

Knowledge gained from the Brief Traumatic Brain Injury Screen--implications for treating Canadian military personnel

Abstract: Objective: To compare physical and mental health outcomes of Canadian military personnel with probable mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) to outcomes of those without and …