October 9, 2018

mental health in the UK military

Researchers working with the military have been monitoring the mental health of current and former personnel in a long-running cohort. This most recent assessment comes 8 years since the last and compares how things have changed. The research, being published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, includes over 8,000 people and for the first time is able to look separately at veterans versus serving personnel.

Speakers

Dr Sharon Stevelink, Lecturer in Epidemiology, King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Prof Nicola Fear, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Regius Professor in Psychiatry, Chair of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience