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Combat injuries, body image and romantic relationships: A stakeholder workshop to specify new research directions (2020)
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Keeling, M., & Sharratt, N. (2020). Combat injuries, body image and romantic relationships: A stakeholder workshop to specify new research directions. N/A

The nature of military combat activities means personnel can receive injuries that result in a change to appearance, such as scarring and limb loss. Emerging evidence from ongoing research and public involvement work with combat-injured veterans ha... Read More about Combat injuries, body image and romantic relationships: A stakeholder workshop to specify new research directions.

Are we family? A scoping review of how military families are defined in mental health and substance use research (2020)
Journal Article
Gribble, R., Mahar, A. L., Keeling, M., Sullivan, K., McKeown, S., Burchill, S., …Castro, C. A. (2020). Are we family? A scoping review of how military families are defined in mental health and substance use research. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6(2), 85-119. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2019-0054

Introduction: While some families may experience poor mental health, substance use, and poor school performance due to service life, the usefulness and applicability of these research findings may be affected by how representative study participants... Read More about Are we family? A scoping review of how military families are defined in mental health and substance use research.

Body image concerns and psychological wellbeing among injured combat veterans with scars and limb loss: A review of the literature (2020)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Williamson, H., Williams, V., Kiff, J., & Harcourt, D. (2021). Body image concerns and psychological wellbeing among injured combat veterans with scars and limb loss: A review of the literature. Military Behavioral Health, 9(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2020.1792013

A narrative literature review aimed to determine the nature and prevalence of body image and psychosocial concerns and associated support needs among veterans with combat-related appearance-altering injuries. A systematic approach to a narrative revi... Read More about Body image concerns and psychological wellbeing among injured combat veterans with scars and limb loss: A review of the literature.

Symptom severity, self-efficacy and treatment-seeking for mental health among US Iraq/Afghanistan military veterans (2020)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Barr, N., Atuel, H., & Castro, C. A. (2020). Symptom severity, self-efficacy and treatment-seeking for mental health among US Iraq/Afghanistan military veterans. Community Mental Health Journal, 56, 1239–1247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00578-8

Military veterans have high rates of mental health problems, yet the majority do not seek treatment. Understanding treatment-seeking in this population is important. This study investigated if symptom severity and self-efficacy are associated with tr... Read More about Symptom severity, self-efficacy and treatment-seeking for mental health among US Iraq/Afghanistan military veterans.