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Long-term military work outcomes in soldiers who become mental health casualties when deployed on operations.

Psychiatry

April 2011

Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.

Background: little is known about longer term military work outcomes in UK military personnel who develop mental health problems when operationally deployed. Deployed Field Mental Health Teams (FMHTs) who support them follow the principles of "Forward Psychiatry," aiming to treat psychiatric casualties close to the front line to maximize operational effectiveness and occupational retention.

Aim: to examine the short- and long-term military work outcomes in soldiers deployed to Iraq between 2003 and 2007 who were referred to the FMHT.

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