Alcohol misuse in the UK armed forces

Alcohol misuse and functional impairment in the UK Armed Forces: a population-based study.

AIM 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. DESIGN Large cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS 8585 responders of a random sample of the regular United Kingdom Armed Forces who completed a questionnaire in 20...

Mental Health within the UK Armed Forces

Choosing a career within the military has many positive and negative factors associated with it. For instance, many recruits join as young adults when they are beginning to shape their own values, beliefs and attitudes about their self, world and others. The armed forces (AF) culture socialises these young adults, leading them to adopt military values and ideals as their own which they will pro...

Prevention of Misuse & Abuse of Psychiatry in the Armed Forces

The year 1997 is a historic year on many counts. It is on the one hand the Golden Jubilee year of our Nation, as also of the Indian Psychiatric Society. Our meeting here today is a historic event which marks an important epoch in the development in this field of specialisation - as it is the first ever meeting of Military Psychiatry section of Indian Psychiatric Society.However the world of tod...

Health concerns in UK Armed Forces personnel.

As a result of the nature of their employment members of the UK Armed Forces may, on occasion, be exposed to physical danger. Although the nature of the occupational hazards they encounter may be predictable, such as enemy action or adverse climactic conditions, they are frequently far more uncertain. Most military professionals acknowledge that they may face danger as part of the job – that is...

Alcohol consumption in the UK armed forces: are we drinking too much?