Abstract: This book chapter discusses the 'double whammy' of losses that 'military wives' often sustain when they accompany servicemen to overseas postings. It argues that, among …
Abstract: Background: There is uncertainty about whether women in the military have more psychological symptoms than men and whether psychological symptoms have increased over …
Abstract: Recent research into mental illness in military populations has tended to focus on minor mental illness and the consequences of trauma. The literature contains very …
Abstract: Objective: This study examines the extent to which discharges from Initial Entry Training can be adequately characterized by the current policy of a single descriptive …
Abstract: To determine whether having a partner deployed during wartime increased the stress levels in pregnant women and altered the attitudes toward pregnancy or changed birth …
Abstract: Armed conflict, torture, murder, sexual assault, sexual enslavement, human trafficking and HIV/AIDS—United Nations peacekeepers are sent into conflict-torn countries to …
Abstract: Questionnaires were completed by military personnel on arrival (n=1,696) in Kabul, Afghanistan and then again on departure (n=1,134). Analysis of the 113 personnel who …
Abstract: Background Concerns have been raised about the mental and physical health of UK military personnel who deployed to the 2003 war in Iraq and subsequent tours of duty in …
Abstract: An important feature of civil-military relations is the way in which states recognize the sacrifices that the men and women of the armed forces give to their country and …
Abstract: This study explored gambling among Australian veterans entering posttraumatic stress treatment programs (n = 153). Twenty-eight percent reached the South Oaks Gambling …
Summary: This is the first of a series of reports on the ex-Service community in the UK. This UK report sets out, for the first time: current and comprehensive estimates of the …
Abstract: This study provides descriptive information and preliminary first-year outcome data on the only overseas military gambling treatment option currently available. …