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Life in and after the Armed Forces: social networks and mental health in the UK military
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This study focuses on the influence of structural aspects of social integration (social networks and social participation outside work) on mental health (common mental disorders (CMD), that is, depression and anxiety symptoms, post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and alcohol misuse). This study examines differences in levels of social integration and associations between social integration and mental health among service leavers and personnel still in service. Data were collected from regular serving personnel (n = 6511) and regular service leavers (n = 1753), from a representative cohort study of the Armed Forces in the UK. We found that service leavers reported less social participation outside work and a general disengagement with military social contacts in comparison to serving personnel. Service leavers were more likely to report CMD and PTSD symptoms. The increased risk of CMD but not PTSD symptoms, was partially accounted for by the reduced levels of social integration among the service leavers. Maintaining social networks in which most members are still in the military is associated with alcohol misuse for both groups, but it is related to CMD and PTSD symptoms for service leavers only.
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- Authors
- Hatch, S. L., Harvey, S. B., Dandeker, C., Burdett, H., Greenberg, N., Fear, N. T., & Wessely, S.
- Affiliations
- King's College London (GB)
- Venue
- Sociology of Health & Illness
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-01-29
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1045-1064
- ISSN
- 0141-9889 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9566
- OpenAlex
- W2148988246
- Cited by
- 132
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 32.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociology of Health & Illness (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Research
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10003)
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and Military Integration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- military personnel, social integration, social networks, social participation (health and rehabilitation), common mental disorders, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse, British armed forces
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Alcoholism, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Military Personnel, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Social Support, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Veterans
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