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Assessing the mental health consequences of military combat in Iraq and Afghanistan: a literature review

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posted on 2023-07-26, 12:43 authored by Steven Walker
The aim of this paper was to explore how a military career may affect the mental health of serving and ex‐service personnel, to identify the accessibility and helpfulness of support (both during and after military service) and to make recommendations for change. A literature search was undertaken using the MetaFind meta search engine with keywords: mental health, psychological health, emotional health, soldier, British army, army, ex‐army, military, military personnel, armed forces, resettlement, impact, family relationship, divorce, health, support services. The search was applied to the following databases: EBSCO Host, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Ingenta Connect, Medline, PsyArticles, PubMed, Web of Knowledge, together with the specific journals American Journal of Psychiatry, British Journal of Psychiatry and ProQuest Nursing journals. 110 relevant publications were identified and from these 61 papers were retrieved for further analysis. Poor mental health is associated with increased risk of social exclusion on leaving the services, which further exacerbates mental health problems. An increasing number of ex‐service personnel are expected to develop stress‐related mental health problems in the future.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

17

Issue number

9

Page range

790-796

Publication title

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

ISSN

1365-2850

Publisher

Wiley

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  • other

Legacy posted date

2011-05-26

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)

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