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Shorter communications: Exploring the impact of a brief smartphone-based alcohol intervention app (DrinksRation) on the quality of life of UK military veterans.
Trompeter N, Williamson C, Rona RJ, Carr E, Simms A, Agwuna J, Fear NT, Goodwin L, Murphy D, Shearer J, Leightley D. Trompeter N, et al. Among authors: rona rj. Behav Res Ther. 2024 Apr 6;177:104540. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104540. Online ahead of print. Behav Res Ther. 2024. PMID: 38598898
Findings suggest that DrinksRation can increase quality of life among help-seeking veterans who have previously sought help for a mental health disorder, but the increases were modest and restricted to certain domains. Additional treatment may be needed for long-term and s …
Findings suggest that DrinksRation can increase quality of life among help-seeking veterans who have previously sought help for a mental hea …
Evaluating the Efficacy of the Drinks:Ration Mobile App to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in a Help-Seeking Military Veteran Population: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Leightley D, Williamson C, Rona RJ, Carr E, Shearer J, Davis JP, Simms A, Fear NT, Goodwin L, Murphy D. Leightley D, et al. Among authors: rona rj. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2022 Jun 20;10(6):e38991. doi: 10.2196/38991. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2022. PMID: 35724966 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Our primary and secondary effects did not persist over the longer term (day 168). Two adverse events were detected during the trial. ...We found that participants receiving Drinks:Ration reduced their alcohol consumption more than participants receiving guidance only (at d …
Our primary and secondary effects did not persist over the longer term (day 168). Two adverse events were detected during the trial. …
Military and demographic predictors of mental ill-health and socioeconomic hardship among UK veterans.
Burdett H, Fear NT, Wessely S, Rona RJ. Burdett H, et al. Among authors: rona rj. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 6;21(1):304. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03296-x. BMC Psychiatry. 2021. PMID: 34225685 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Around 8% of the UK Armed Forces leave in any given year, and must navigate unfamiliar civilian systems to acquire employment, healthcare, and other necessities. This paper determines longer-term prevalences of mental ill health and socioeconomic outcomes in UK …
BACKGROUND: Around 8% of the UK Armed Forces leave in any given year, and must navigate unfamiliar civilian systems to acquire employment, h …
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Mobile App (Drinks:Ration) and Personalized Text and Push Messaging to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in a Veteran Population: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Leightley D, Rona RJ, Shearer J, Williamson C, Gunasinghe C, Simms A, Fear NT, Goodwin L, Murphy D. Leightley D, et al. Among authors: rona rj. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Oct 2;9(10):e19720. doi: 10.2196/19720. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020. PMID: 33006569 Free PMC article.
The primary and secondary outcomes will also be reassessed at the 6-month follow-up (day 168) to assess the longer-term benefits of the intervention, which will be reported as a secondary outcome. ...
The primary and secondary outcomes will also be reassessed at the 6-month follow-up (day 168) to assess the longer-term benefits of t …
Unemployment and benefit claims by UK veterans in the new millennium: results from a record linkage study.
Burdett H, Fear NT, MacManus D, Wessely S, Rona RJ, Greenberg N. Burdett H, et al. Among authors: rona rj. Occup Environ Med. 2019 Oct;76(10):726-732. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105737. Epub 2019 Aug 2. Occup Environ Med. 2019. PMID: 31375543
Receipt of disability benefits (DB) is less common (1.5%), but longer-term. The most consistent predictors of postservice benefit usage were: low rank (a proxy for socio-economic status while in service) (HR 1.42 (95% CI 1.23 to 1.65) for UB and 1.59 (95% CI 1.11 to 2.27) …
Receipt of disability benefits (DB) is less common (1.5%), but longer-term. The most consistent predictors of postservice benefit usa …
Trajectories of alcohol use in the UK military and associations with mental health.
Goodwin L, Norton S, Fear NT, Jones M, Hull L, Wessely S, Rona RJ. Goodwin L, et al. Among authors: rona rj. Addict Behav. 2017 Dec;75:130-137. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.07.010. Epub 2017 Jul 12. Addict Behav. 2017. PMID: 28734152
This highlights the need to develop effective preventive programmes to lessen the physical and psychological consequences of long-term heavy alcohol use. Individuals with a mental health problem appeared more likely to either be drinking at a high level or to be abstaining …
This highlights the need to develop effective preventive programmes to lessen the physical and psychological consequences of long-term …
The mental health of the UK Armed Forces: where facts meet fiction.
Hunt EJ, Wessely S, Jones N, Rona RJ, Greenberg N. Hunt EJ, et al. Among authors: rona rj. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2014 Aug 14;5. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.23617. eCollection 2014. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2014. PMID: 25206948 Free PMC article.
Explanations for the lower PTSD prevalence in British troops include variations in combat exposures, demographic differences, higher leader to enlisted soldier ratios, shorter operational tour lengths and differences in access to long-term health care between countries. De …
Explanations for the lower PTSD prevalence in British troops include variations in combat exposures, demographic differences, higher leader …
Long-term consequences of mild traumatic brain injury.
Rona RJ. Rona RJ. Br J Psychiatry. 2012 Sep;201(3):172-4. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.111492. Br J Psychiatry. 2012. PMID: 22945923
A debate has ensued about the long-term consequences of mild traumatic brain injury, the 'signature injury' of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. ...
A debate has ensued about the long-term consequences of mild traumatic brain injury, the 'signature injury' of the Iraq and Afghanist …
The meaning of self-perception of health in the UK armed forces.
Rona RJ, Hooper R, French C, Jones M, Wessely S. Rona RJ, et al. Br J Health Psychol. 2006 Nov;11(Pt 4):703-15. doi: 10.1348/135910705X84575. Br J Health Psychol. 2006. PMID: 17032493
CONCLUSIONS: SPH is an excellent question for surveillance because it is highly associated with psychological health but, at an individual level, it may convey different meanings depending on the person's individual interpretation of the term health. Symptomatic social avo …
CONCLUSIONS: SPH is an excellent question for surveillance because it is highly associated with psychological health but, at an individual l …
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