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Public Attitudes to the UK Armed Forces in Northern Ireland

Summary: This report is the fourth in a series of reports from the Northern Ireland Veterans’ Health and Wellbeing Study (NIVHWS). In 2017, the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) funded …

Forces in Mind Trust 2017 Activity Report

Abstract: This impact report outlines the activities, media coverage, change model, research, outcomes and finances for the Forces in Mind Trust's 2017 activities. 

Psychiatric service dogs as a tertiary prevention modality for veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder

Abstract: The objective of the study was to document the usability of psychiatric service dogs (PsySDs) as a tertiary prevention modality from the perspective of veterans who have …

Development of a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) Questionnaire to Understand Veterans’ Preferences for Tobacco Treatment in Primary Care

Abstract: Background: Providers often prescribe counseling and/or medications for tobacco cessation without considering patients’ treatment preferences. Objective: The primary …

Diagnoses of eating disorders, active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013-2017

Abstract: During 2013-2017, a total of 1,788 active component service members received incident diagnoses of one of the eating disorders: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa …

Development of a veteran engagement toolkit for researchers

Abstract: Aim: Engaging patients in the planning, implementation and dissemination of research can increase the credibility and relevance of results and lead to higher quality, …

PTSD's factor structure and measurement invariance across subgroups with differing count of trauma types

Abstract: To investigate the effect of the count of traumatizing event (TE) types on post-trauma mental health, several studies have compared posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Kin and Country: Growing up as an Armed Forces child

Summary: A report for the UK Children’s Commissioner on growing up as an Armed Forces child. It suggests that a number of changes could support Service children, including: the …

Health and social care needs of the Armed Forces Community in Northamptonshire

Abstract: The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation that those who serve or have served in the British Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly. In …

Predictors of Unbearability, Unlovability, and Unsolvability in Veterans With Military-Sexual-Trauma-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Abstract: Military sexual trauma (MST) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) both increase risk for suicidal self-directed violence (SDV). Suicide cognitions (i.e., …

Are Veterans different? Understanding Veterans' help-seeking Behaviour for Alcohol Problems

Abstract: Alcohol misuse in the United Kingdom’s veteran community is not an isolated phenomenon. Internationally, alcohol and wider substance misuse would appear to be an …

A network analysis of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder and functional impairment in UK treatment-seeking veterans

Abstract: Network analysis is a relatively new methodology for studying psychological disorders. It focuses on the associations between individual symptoms which are hypothesized …