Research Paper Title What Stresses men? Predictors of Perceived Stress in a Population-based Multi-ethnic Cross Sectional Cohort. Background Perceived stress (PS) is a risk factor for a variety of diseases. However, relatively little is known about age- or ethnicity-specific differences in the effect of potential predictors of PS in men. Methods This study used a… Read More
Bartender, Another Round of Mental Health Please!
Research Paper Title The Healing Tonic: A Pilot Study of the Perceived Ability and Potential of Bartenders. Background Identifying and assisting veterans in need of mental health services has been and continues to be a challenge for veteran-specific health care providers. Despite increased outreach efforts, many veterans remain on the periphery of such programmes and… Read More
The Motivation to Benefit from Exercise
Physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases and conditions. Despite the wealth of information about the benefits of exercise, sedentary adults often find it hard to change their behaviour in a sustainable manner. The development of interventions that support behaviour change is therefore… Read More
Research: Active Combat, Criminal Violence & Military Personnel
When researchers linked a large cohort of UK military personnel to a national criminal records database they found that 11.0% (1369/12359) of them had a conviction for violent crime before, during, or after their service. Lifetime prevalence of violent offending was particularly high in men under 30 years (521/2728; 20.6%). Active combat (hazard ratio 1.53,… Read More
News: I’m Sooooo Sorry…
When Nick Clegg tried to apologise for an about turn on tuition fees, he ended up ridiculed on YouTube. But when Tesco used poems to cover its embarrassment over horsemeat, critics were charmed. How should you go about saying sorry? Know What You Are Doing “I define an apology as a willingness to value the… 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
Research: Structure, Agency & Job Loss
Research Paper Title The Interplay Between Structure and Agency in Shaping the Mental Health Consequences of Job Loss. Background Job loss is a discrete life event, with multiple adverse consequences for physical and mental health and implications for agency. Our research explores the consequences of job loss for retrenched workers’ mental health by examining the… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 