Adjusting to a partners’ changed appearance following military combat-related appearance-altering injuries: The challenges of looking ‘different’ and how life continues (2024)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Harcourt, D., Williams, V., Kiff, J., & Williamson, H. (in press). Adjusting to a partners’ changed appearance following military combat-related appearance-altering injuries: The challenges of looking ‘different’ and how life continues. Military Behavioral Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2024.2342267

Combat-related physical injuries not only affect the individual but also close family members. Emerging evidence indicates that injuries that change appearance, such as limb loss and physical scarring, may create additional psychosocial challenges fo... Read More about Adjusting to a partners’ changed appearance following military combat-related appearance-altering injuries: The challenges of looking ‘different’ and how life continues.

Associations between mindfulness, PTSD, and depression in combat deployed post-9/11 military veterans (2019)
Journal Article
Barr, N., Keeling, M., & Castro, C. (2019). Associations between mindfulness, PTSD, and depression in combat deployed post-9/11 military veterans. Mindfulness, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01212-9

Objectives: Combat experiences predict PTSD and depression in U.S. military veterans. However, few studies have investigated associations between mindfulness and these constructs. We examined main, direct, and indirect effects for mindfulness and com... Read More about Associations between mindfulness, PTSD, and depression in combat deployed post-9/11 military veterans.

Military spouses transition, too! a call to action to address spouses’ military to civilian transition (2019)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Borah, E. V., Kintzle, S., Kleykamp, M., & Robertson, H. C. (2020). Military spouses transition, too! a call to action to address spouses’ military to civilian transition. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2019.1652219

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis. Military to Civilian Transition (MCT) is the process experienced by military personnel as they leave service and return to civilian life. This MCT process is thought to be challenging across a range of key areas suc... Read More about Military spouses transition, too! a call to action to address spouses’ military to civilian transition.

Employment after the military (2018)
Book Chapter
Keeling, M., Ozuna, S., & Milsap, C. (2018). Employment after the military. In E. L. Weiss, & C. A. Castro (Eds.), American Life in the 21st Century: Social, Cultural, and Economic Issues and Trends. ABC-CLIO

The civilian employment of military veterans has been a concern of the United States government since the end of World War I. During this time, Congress created the first legislation surrounding the employment of military veterans. Despite many effo... Read More about Employment after the military.

Stories of transition: US Veterans’ narratives of transition to civilian life and the important role of identity (2018)
Journal Article
Keeling, M. (2018). Stories of transition: US Veterans’ narratives of transition to civilian life and the important role of identity. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 4(2), 28-36. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh.2017-0009

Introduction: To date, investigations of Veterans’ transition to civilian life after military service have tended to focus on the experiences of those with mental or physical health difficulties or on employment challenges and homelessness. This stud... Read More about Stories of transition: US Veterans’ narratives of transition to civilian life and the important role of identity.

Veterans’ civilian employment experiences: Lessons learnt from focus groups (2018)
Journal Article
Keeling, M. E., Ozuna, S. M., Kintzle, S., & Castro, C. A. (2019). Veterans’ civilian employment experiences: Lessons learnt from focus groups. Journal of Career Development, 46(6), 692-705. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845318776785

Emerging evidence highlights employment as a key factor influencing the success of transition from military to civilian life. Historically, employment programs have focused on improving skills such as resume writing and interview skills. However, it... Read More about Veterans’ civilian employment experiences: Lessons learnt from focus groups.

The use of virtual clients for training behavioral health providers: Promises, challenges and the way ahead (2018)
Journal Article
Kintzle, S., Munch, C., Alday, E., Ozuna, S., Keeling, M., Corletto, G., …Castro, C. A. (2018). The use of virtual clients for training behavioral health providers: Promises, challenges and the way ahead. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 3(4), 247-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-018-0058-2

Providing opportunities for training behavioral health providers in clinical practice remains a challenge within the helping professions. To date, the field has relied mostly on role-playing and the use of standardized actors to provide realistic cli... Read More about The use of virtual clients for training behavioral health providers: Promises, challenges and the way ahead.

Exploring U.S. Veterans’ post-service employment experiences (2018)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Kintzle, S., & Castro, C. A. (2018). Exploring U.S. Veterans’ post-service employment experiences. Military Psychology, 30(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2017.1420976

© 2018, © 2018 Society for Military Psychology, Division 19 of the American Psychological Association. Although most U.S. veterans transition to civilian life successfully, securing employment and reintegrating into civilian communities, some veteran... Read More about Exploring U.S. Veterans’ post-service employment experiences.

U.K. Army medical and unit welfare officers' perceptions of mental health stigma and its impact on army personnel's mental health help seeking (2017)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Bull, S., Thandi, G., Brooks, S., & Greenberg, N. (2017). U.K. Army medical and unit welfare officers' perceptions of mental health stigma and its impact on army personnel's mental health help seeking. Military Behavioral Health, 5(3), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1310682

Mental health stigma and barriers to care (BTC) reportedly impede help seeking among U.K. military personnel. Military service providers’ perceptions of this link were investigated. Secondary thematic analysis of interviews with 21 U.K. Army unit wel... Read More about U.K. Army medical and unit welfare officers' perceptions of mental health stigma and its impact on army personnel's mental health help seeking.

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Soldiers’ Experiences of Being Married and Serving in the British Army (2016)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Woodhead, C., & Fear, N. T. (2016). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Soldiers’ Experiences of Being Married and Serving in the British Army. Marriage and Family Review, 52(6), 511-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2015.1124353

© 2016, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. ABSTRACT: Research suggests certain aspects of military life, especially operational deployments, may negatively impact military marriages. However, much of this research is from the United States an... Read More about Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Soldiers’ Experiences of Being Married and Serving in the British Army.

Marital status distribution of the U.K. military: Does it differ from the general population? (2016)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Wessely, S., & Fear, N. T. (2017). Marital status distribution of the U.K. military: Does it differ from the general population?. Military Behavioral Health, 5(1), 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2016.1213210

The U.K. media suggest that U.K. military personnel have high divorce rates; to date, these claims are not substantiated. Marital status distribution of the general population and military were compared using data from the Office for National Statist... Read More about Marital status distribution of the U.K. military: Does it differ from the general population?.

Cohesion, leadership, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care in UK military personnel (2016)
Journal Article
Jones, N., Campion, B., Keeling, M., & Greenberg, N. (2018). Cohesion, leadership, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care in UK military personnel. Journal of Mental Health, 27(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2016.1139063

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Background: Military research suggests a significant association between leadership, cohesion, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care (stigma/BTC). Aim: Most studies are cross sectional, therefore longi... Read More about Cohesion, leadership, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care in UK military personnel.

Mental health stigmatisation in deployed UK Armed Forces: A principal components analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Fertout, M., Jones, N., Keeling, M., & Greenberg, N. (2015). Mental health stigmatisation in deployed UK Armed Forces: A principal components analysis. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 161(Suppl), i69-i76. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2015-000587

© 2015, Royal Army Medical College. All rights reserved. Introduction UK military research suggests that there is a significant link between current psychological symptoms, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care (stigma/BTC). Few... Read More about Mental health stigmatisation in deployed UK Armed Forces: A principal components analysis.

Stigmatisation, perceived barriers to care, help seeking and the mental health of British Military personnel (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, N., Keeling, M., Thandi, G., & Greenberg, N. (2015). Stigmatisation, perceived barriers to care, help seeking and the mental health of British Military personnel. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(12), 1873-1883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1118-y

© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Introduction: The relationship between mental health symptoms, stigmatising beliefs about mental health and help seeking is complex and poorly understood. Method: 1636 UK Armed Forces personnel provided stud... Read More about Stigmatisation, perceived barriers to care, help seeking and the mental health of British Military personnel.

Relationship Difficulties Among U.K. Military Personnel: Impact of Sociodemographic, Military, and Deployment-Related Factors (2015)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Wessely, S., Dandeker, C., Jones, N., & Fear, N. T. (2015). Relationship Difficulties Among U.K. Military Personnel: Impact of Sociodemographic, Military, and Deployment-Related Factors. Marriage and Family Review, 51(3), 275-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2015.1031425

© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Military work, especially operational deployments, may impact the romantic relationships of military personnel. Using a subsample of 7,581 participants from a cohort study of U.K. military personnel (data collec... Read More about Relationship Difficulties Among U.K. Military Personnel: Impact of Sociodemographic, Military, and Deployment-Related Factors.

Perceptions of the impact a military career has on children (2014)
Journal Article
Rowe, S. L., Keeling, M., Wessely, S., & Fear, N. T. (2014). Perceptions of the impact a military career has on children. Occupational Medicine, 64(7), 490-496. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu096

© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. BACKGROUND: The perceived effects of a military career on ser... Read More about Perceptions of the impact a military career has on children.

Contrasting beliefs about screening for mental disorders among UK military personnel returning from deployment to Afghanistan (2012)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Knight, T., Sharp, D., Fertout, M., Greenberg, N., Chesnokov, M., & Rona, R. J. (2012). Contrasting beliefs about screening for mental disorders among UK military personnel returning from deployment to Afghanistan. Journal of Medical Screening, 19(4), 206-211. https://doi.org/10.1258/jms.2012.012054

Objective The objective of the study was to elicit beliefs and experiences of the value of a screening programme for mental illness among UK military personnel. Method Three months after returning from Afghanistan 21 army personnel participated in a... Read More about Contrasting beliefs about screening for mental disorders among UK military personnel returning from deployment to Afghanistan.

Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics (2011)
Journal Article
Tyrer, P., Cooper, S., Crawford, M., Dupont, S., Green, J., Murphy, D., …Tyrer, H. (2011). Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 71(6), 392-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.07.004

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of significant health anxiety (hypochondriasis) in patients aged 16-75 in cardiology, respiratory medicine, neurological, endocrine and gastrointestinal clinics in general hospitals in London, Middlesex and Nor... Read More about Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics.