BACKGROUND A dengue fever outbreak occured in French Guiana in 2006. The objectives were to study the value of a syndromic surveillance system set up within the armed forces, compared to the traditional clinical surveillance system during this outbreak, to highlight issues involved in comparing military and civilian surveillance systems and to discuss the interest of syndromic surveillance for ...

Concerns about the mental health of military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a new generation of research. This review is an examination of the UK literature on the mental health consequences of deployment of armed forces personnel to Iraq and Afghanistan. As yet, deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan has not been associated with a general increase in mental health problems fo...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the patterns of alcohol use in the U.K. Armed Forces or the factors associated with heavy drinking. METHODS Analysis of existing data from the King's Military Cohort was conducted of a large, randomly selected cohort of service personnel. The original sample consisted of 8,195 service personnel who served in the U.K. Armed Forces in 1991: a third deployed to t...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined suicide risk in individuals once they have left the military. We aimed to investigate the rate, timing, and risk factors for suicide in all those who had left the UK Armed Forces (1996-2005). METHODS AND FINDINGS We carried out a cohort study of ex-Armed Forces personnel by linking national databases of discharged personnel and suicide deaths (which includ...

Little is known about why some ex-armed forces personnel become involved in the criminal justice system, however, they represent the largest known occupational group in prison. In-depth interviews were employed to explore possible pathways to offending. Twenty ex-armed forces personnel in prison were recruited from five prisons in England. Data were analysed using a combination of thematic anal...

the eight years of the imposed war was full of successes and defeats, brilliant and bad memories. this holly defense taught us many valuable lessons. by the time this war was imposed, our country was recovering from the aftermaths of the revolution and the armed forces were not in perfect state. though, our armed forces accompanied with our brave people could stop the invaders. recapturing oper...

There has been increasing concern about suicide in active service members. In the US military, suicide is the second most common cause of death [1]. Although mental health problems have clearly been associated with deployment to combat and peacekeeping operations [2,3], the literature on suicide has been mixed. Some studies in armed forces have found that the rate of completed suicide was lower...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the factors associated with leaving the armed forces, or what predicts subsequent employment success for veterans. It is likely that there is a complex interaction of adverse social outcomes and mental health status in this group. METHOD Analysis of existing data from the King's Military Cohort, a large, randomly selected, longitudinal cohort of service person...