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Does anonymity increase the reporting of mental health symptoms?Nicola T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, UK
BMC Public Health 12:797. 2012..We aimed to compare mental health symptom reporting when using an anonymous versus identifiable questionnaire among UK military personnel on deployment in Iraq...- What are the effects of having an illness or injury whilst deployed on post deployment mental health? A population based record linkage study of UK army personnel who have served in Iraq or AfghanistanHarriet J Forbes
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
BMC Psychiatry 12:178. 2012..The negative impact of sustaining an injury on a military deployment on subsequent mental health is well-documented, however, the relationship between having an illness on a military operation and subsequent mental health is unknown... 
What are the consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan on the mental health of the UK armed forces? A cohort studyNicola T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, London, UK
Lancet 375:1783-97. 2010..We examined the consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan on the mental health of UK armed forces from 2003 to 2009, the effect of multiple deployments, and time since return from deployment...- Smoking among males in the UK Armed Forces: changes over a seven year periodN T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, London, UK
Prev Med 50:282-4. 2010..We assessed socio-demographic and military factors associated with smoking among males in the UK Armed Forces; made comparisons with the general population; and, tested the hypothesis that smoking has declined in the Armed Forces... - Violent offending by UK military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan: a data linkage cohort studyDeirdre Macmanus
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
Lancet 381:907-17. 2013..We describe our use of criminal records to investigate the effect of deployment, combat, and post-deployment mental health problems on violent offending among military personnel relative to pre-existing risk factors... - The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on impairment in the UK military at the time of the Iraq warRoberto J Rona
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE1 9RJ, UK
J Psychiatr Res 43:649-55. 2009..Functional impairment is a serious problem for those with PTSD. The impairment is not confined to those with the highest PCL-score. Avoidance/numbing is the criterion which makes the greatest independent contribution to impairment... - Alcohol misuse and functional impairment in the UK Armed Forces: a population-based studyRoberto J Rona
King s College London, King s Centre for Military Health Research, Weston Education Centre, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Drug Alcohol Depend 108:37-42. 2010..To assess whether alcohol misuse was associated with functional impairment in the military, and whether an association between any of the measures of alcohol misuse and impairment would be explained by psychiatric comorbidity... - The prevalence of common mental disorders and PTSD in the UK military: using data from a clinical interview-based studyAmy C Iversen
Department of Psychological Medicine, King s Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RJ, UK
BMC Psychiatry 9:68. 2009.... - Is previous psychological health associated with the likelihood of Iraq War deployment? An investigation of the "healthy warrior effect"Jennifer Wilson
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Am J Epidemiol 169:1362-9. 2009..This study demonstrated a small "healthy warrior effect"; persons with better psychological health had a higher chance of being deployed, even after adjustment for predeployment medical fitness... - Help-seeking and receipt of treatment among UK service personnelAmy C Iversen
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Br J Psychiatry 197:149-55. 2010..For armed forces personnel, data on help-seeking behaviour and receipt of treatment for mental disorders are important for both research and policy... - Do medical services personnel who deployed to the Iraq war have worse mental health than other deployed personnel?Margaret Jones
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Eur J Public Health 18:422-7. 2008..The aim of this study was to compare the burden of mental ill health in deployed medics with all other trades during the Iraq war... - The stigma of mental health problems and other barriers to care in the UK Armed ForcesAmy C Iversen
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 11:31. 2011..As the military is a profession at high risk of occupational psychiatric injury, understanding barriers to help-seeking is a priority... - Mild traumatic brain injury in UK military personnel returning from Afghanistan and Iraq: cohort and cross-sectional analysesRoberto J Rona
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Head Trauma Rehabil 27:33-44. 2012.... 
Influence of childhood adversity on health among male UK military personnelAmy C Iversen
Department of Psychological Medicine, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Br J Psychiatry 191:506-11. 2007..Exposure to childhood adversity may explain why only a minority of combatants exposed to trauma develop psychological problems...- Is there an Iraq war syndrome? Comparison of the health of UK service personnel after the Gulf and Iraq warsOded Horn
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Lancet 367:1742-6. 2006..UK armed forces personnel who took part in the 1991 Gulf war experienced an increase in symptomatic ill health, colloquially known as Gulf war syndrome. Speculation about an Iraq war syndrome has already started... - Mental health consequences of overstretch in the UK armed forces: first phase of a cohort studyRoberto J Rona
King s College London, King s Centre for Military Health Research, Weston Education Centre, London SE5 9RJ
BMJ 335:603. 2007..To assess the relation between frequency and duration of deployment of UK armed forces personnel on mental health... - Risky driving among regular armed forces personnel from the United KingdomNicola T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, England
Am J Prev Med 35:230-6. 2008..Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for service personnel from the United Kingdom (UK). Little is known about the pattern of risky driving by these service personnel... - Coming home: social functioning and the mental health of UK Reservists on return from deployment to Iraq or AfghanistanSamuel B Harvey
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Ann Epidemiol 21:666-72. 2011..We aimed to examine the postdeployment social functioning of Reservists and to explore the relationship between adverse postdeployment experiences and subsequent mental ill health... - Impact of pre-enlistment antisocial behaviour on behavioural outcomes among U.K. military personnelDeirdre Macmanus
Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, PO23, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1353-8. 2012..This study aimed to examine the association between pre-enlistment ASB and later behavioural outcomes, including aggression, in a large randomly selected U.K. military cohort... - Effects of home on the mental health of British forces serving in Iraq and AfghanistanKathleen Mulligan
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Br J Psychiatry 201:193-8. 2012..Most studies of the mental health of UK armed forces focus on retrospective accounts of deployment and few sample personnel while they are deployed... - Leadership, cohesion, morale, and the mental health of UK Armed Forces in AfghanistanNorman Jones
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Psychiatry 75:49-59. 2012..Greater levels of unit cohesion, morale, and good leadership may help to modulate the effects of combat exposure and the subsequent development of mental health problems among UK Armed Forces personnel deployed to Afghanistan... - Health of national service veterans: an analysis of a community-based sample using data from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of EnglandCharlotte Woodhead
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Weston Education Centre, King s College London, Cutcombe Rd, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:559-66. 2011..The compulsory nature of national service sets these veterans apart from younger veterans... - Predicting persistent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in UK military personnel who served in Iraq: a longitudinal studyRoberto J Rona
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King s College, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Rd, London SE5 9RJ, UK
J Psychiatr Res 46:1191-8. 2012..Many factors contribute to the persistence of PTSD but none alone is useful for clinical prediction... - Impact on mental health of deploying as an individual augmentee in the U.K. Armed ForcesJosefin Sundin
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom
Mil Med 177:511-6. 2012..IAs were also at a lower risk of alcohol misuse compared to personnel who deployed with a formed unit... - Long-term military work outcomes in soldiers who become mental health casualties when deployed on operationsNorman Jones
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London
Psychiatry 73:352-64. 2010.... - How many mailouts? Could attempts to increase the response rate in the Iraq war cohort study be counterproductive?A Rosemary Tate
King s Centre for Military Health, Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:51. 2007.... - Importance of thinking locally for mental health: data from cross-sectional surveys representing South East London and EnglandStephani L Hatch
King s College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 7:e48012. 2012.... - Patterns of drinking in the UK Armed ForcesNicola T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, London, UK
Addiction 102:1749-59. 2007..To examine patterns of drinking in the UK Armed Forces, how they vary according to gender and other demographics, and to make comparisons with the general population... - Rewarding and unrewarding aspects of deployment to Iraq and its association with psychological health in UK military personnelJosefin Sundin
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Weston Education Centre, King s College London, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE59RJ, UK
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 83:653-63. 2010..This study examines perceptions among UK military personnel with regard to rewarding and unrewarding aspects of deployment in Iraq... - A cluster randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) in a military populationNeil Greenberg
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London and Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
J Trauma Stress 23:430-6. 2010..The authors conclude that within organizations using Trauma Risk Management may be beneficial and may, in time, lead to a valuable cultural shift... - Occupational outcomes in soldiers hospitalized with mental health problemsNorman Jones
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 59:459-65. 2009..Little is known about the longer term occupational outcome in UK military personnel who require hospital-based treatment for mental health problems... - Self-harm and attempted suicide among UK armed forces personnel: results of a cross-sectional surveyRichard J Pinder
King s Centre for Military Health Research and Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, King s College London, UK
Int J Soc Psychiatry 58:433-9. 2012..This study assesses the lifetime prevalence of attempted suicide and self-harm within currently serving and ex-service personnel of the UK Armed Forces... - Women in novel occupational roles: mental health trends in the UK Armed ForcesRoberto J Rona
King s College London, King s Centre for Military Health Research, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 36:319-26. 2007..The aims of this study were to assess changes in psychological symptoms in military women over time, to compare them with men, and assess the effect of deployment... - Prevalence of delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder in military personnel: is there evidence for this disorder?: Results of a prospective UK cohort studyLaura Goodwin
Department of Psychological Medicine, King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, London, UK
J Nerv Ment Dis 200:429-37. 2012..Leaving the military or experiencing relationship breakdown was not associated... - Obesity in the UK Armed Forces: risk factorsJosefin Sundin
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Mil Med 176:507-12. 2011..To assess the risk factors of obesity in terms of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in the UK Armed Forces... - The impact of the conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan: a UK perspectiveJosefin Sundin
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:153-9. 2011..As the UK military engagement in Afghanistan continues and more personnel are deployed, the demand for help from military health services, the NHS and the service charities will increase... - The impact of deployment length on the health and well-being of military personnel: a systematic review of the literatureJoshua E J Buckman
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Occup Environ Med 68:69-76. 2011..Taking account of these findings may allow better preparation for the potentially harmful effects that deployments can have on employees' health and well-being... - Postdeployment Battlemind training for the U.K. armed forces: a cluster randomized controlled trialKathleen Mulligan
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Consult Clin Psychol 80:331-41. 2012..S. military personnel exposed to high combat levels. We evaluated the effectiveness of an anglicized version of postdeployment Battlemind... - Transition back into civilian life: a study of personnel leaving the U.K. armed forces via "military prison"Lauren van Staden
King s College London, Western Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK
Mil Med 172:925-30. 2007..The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with poor outcomes for personnel leaving the United Kingdom Armed Forces early... - The health of UK military personnel who deployed to the 2003 Iraq war: a cohort studyMatthew Hotopf
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, London, UK
Lancet 367:1731-41. 2006..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 the country... - Alcohol use and misuse within the military: a reviewEdgar Jones
King s Centre for Military Health Research and Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:166-72. 2011..These associations, observed in the aftermath of recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, have again raised questions about the place of alcohol in military culture... - Mental health care provision in the U.K. armed forcesRichard J Pinder
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health and King s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road London SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom
Mil Med 175:805-10. 2010..Although veteran's healthcare is provided by the National Health Service, considerable efforts have been made to ensure their services best meet the needs of veterans and their families... - Early psychosocial intervention following operational deployment: analysis of a free text questionnaire responseHoward Burdett
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
Mil Med 176:620-5. 2011..To assist them in this transition, they undergo a process of "decompression" before returning to their base unit. This article reports their subjective impression of the process... - Use of psychological decompression in military operational environmentsJamie G H Hacker Hughes
King s Centre for Military Health Research, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, U K
Mil Med 173:534-8. 2008.... - Agreement between body mass index, waist circumference and skin-fold thickness in the United Kingdom ArmyRoberto J Rona
King s College London, King s Centre for Military Health Research, London, UK
Ann Hum Biol 38:257-64. 2011..Body Mass Index (BMI) does not distinguish between fat-free mass and fat mass, yet this distinction is important as a clinical tool, especially in the military and occupations for which physical fitness is important... - Obesity in the United Kingdom Armed Forces: prevalence based on measured and self-reported dataNicola T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom
Mil Med 176:44-9. 2011..To assess the prevalence of obesity in the United Kingdom military and general population and the extent to which self-reported data underestimates obesity... - Shell shock and mild traumatic brain injury: a historical reviewEdgar Jones
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Rd, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Am J Psychiatry 164:1641-5. 2007..These findings suggest that the hard-won lessons of shell shock continue to have relevance today... - Identifying socio-demographic and socioeconomic determinants of health inequalities in a diverse London community: the South East London Community Health (SELCoH) studyStephani L Hatch
King s College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
BMC Public Health 11:861. 2011..Responses to public health need require information on the distribution of mental and physical ill health by demographic and socioeconomic factors at the local community level... - The impact of deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan on military children: a review of the literatureClaire J White
King s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:210-7. 2011..Limitations of the current research and subsequent recommendations for future research are also outlined... - One year outcomes of a mentoring scheme for female academics: a pilot study at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College LondonRina Dutta
King s College London, Department of Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
BMC Med Educ 11:13. 2011....