Research: Gulf War Veterans & Medical Assessment

Research Paper Title Clinical Findings of the Second 1000 Gulf War Veterans who Attended the Ministry of Defence’s Medical Assessment Programme. Objective To review the diagnoses made in the second 1000 veterans of the Gulf conflict 1990-91 seen in the Ministry of Defence’s Gulf Veterans’ Medical Assessment Programme and to determine the main conditions related… Read More

Research: Unfit for Service

Research Paper Title Unfit for Further Service: Trends in Medical Discharge from the British Army 1861-1998. Abstract Military service requires individuals who are free from ill-health and who are physically and mentally robust, and throughout history those who have become unfit for service have been discharged on medical grounds. This paper used published historical records… Read More

Research: Severe Stress, Reactions & Management

Research Paper Title Normal and Pathological Reactions to Severe Stress: Their Features and Management. Abstract It is unethical and incompetent to deny the scale and nature of human reactions to trauma. Those who provide care for victims of trauma should be familiar with normal and pathological reactions following trauma and know how to identify those… Read More