Margaret Jones

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..Deployment to the 2003 Iraq War was associated with ill health in reserve armed forces personnel...

..The authors concluded that combat exposure and group cohesion have an effect on mental health outcomes independent of previous mental health status, which explains why screening prior to deployment is ineffective...

..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...

..To assess the prevalence of psychological symptoms during periods of relatively low deployment activity and the factors associated with each psychological health outcome...

..To assess whether screening for mental disorder before the start of the 2003 Iraq war would have predicted subsequent mental disorders...

..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...

..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...

..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...

..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...

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..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...

..Adjustment for rank had negligible effect on level of association between job strain and psychological symptoms. Reported job strain and rank contributed independently to psychological symptoms...

..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...

..We aimed to examine the postdeployment social functioning of Reservists and to explore the relationship between adverse postdeployment experiences and subsequent mental ill health...

..Many factors contribute to the persistence of PTSD but none alone is useful for clinical prediction...

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..We assessed the characteristics of self-perception of health (SPH) in relation to psychological distress and physical symptoms, and willingness of servicemen to see their Medical Officer (MO) by their SPH rating...

..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...

..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...

..With the exception of intrusive thoughts, there is insufficient evidence to suggest predeployment psychological status would be useful in correcting for recall bias in subsequent cross-sectional studies...

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..Leaving the military or experiencing relationship breakdown was not associated...

..The aim of this article is to determine if a GW health effect persisted when the same questions were asked in a "non-GW" context...

..This paper examines responses of personnel to this policy...

..This disagreement will affect an assessment of whether patient expectations of care were met, and may itself be influenced by fulfillment of expectations...

..To assess any health consequences of the anthrax vaccination programme in UK Armed Forces deployed to Iraq...

..This study shows that a purposeful activity programme for severely disturbed psychiatric clients in a HDU setting can be effective in reducing disturbed behaviour and therefore the need for p.r.n. medication...

..Nursing remained throughout the colonial period therefore, even more so than at the metropolitan centre, the 'Cinderella' of the medical professions...

..However, it is ultimately on their ability to improve health and welfare that they should be judged...

..They wanted to receive the information through interactive group sessions, led by a health visitor, with the inclusion of simple and non-product biased "take home" materials...

..The current study was designed to examine the effect of 12 weeks of resistance training on strength and functional ability in 10 medically stable hemodialysis patients (age, 42.8 +/- 4.4 years)...