Outputs (28)

Mothers’ experiences of their sons’ appearance-altering combat injuries: Distressed and unsupported (2023)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Williams, V. S., Harcourt, D., Kiff, J., & Williamson, H. (in press). Mothers’ experiences of their sons’ appearance-altering combat injuries: Distressed and unsupported. Military Behavioral Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2023.2293896

Emerging evidence indicates that combat injuries that change appearance, such as limb loss and physical scarring, can impact psychosocial wellbeing of injured military veterans. Parents of young children with a visibly different appearance may experi... Read More about Mothers’ experiences of their sons’ appearance-altering combat injuries: Distressed and unsupported.

Body image and psychosocial well-being among UK military personnel and veterans who sustained appearance-altering conflict injuries (2022)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Williamson, H., Williams, V., Kiff, J., Evans, S., Murphy, D., & Harcourt, D. (2023). Body image and psychosocial well-being among UK military personnel and veterans who sustained appearance-altering conflict injuries. Military Psychology, 35(1), 12-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2022.2058302

A modest but significant number of military personnel sustained injuries during deployments resulting in an altered-appearance (e.g., limb loss and/or scarring). Civilian research indicates that appearance-altering injuries can affect psychosocial we... Read More about Body image and psychosocial well-being among UK military personnel and veterans who sustained appearance-altering conflict injuries.

(Loss of) the super soldier: Combat-injuries, body image and veterans’ romantic relationships (2022)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., & Sharratt, N. D. (2023). (Loss of) the super soldier: Combat-injuries, body image and veterans’ romantic relationships. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2026499

Purpose: Some military personnel sustain physical injuries that alter their appearance, such as limb-loss and scarring. Veterans injured this way may experience body image distress and mental and physical wellbeing difficulties. While research with c... Read More about (Loss of) the super soldier: Combat-injuries, body image and veterans’ romantic relationships.

Perceptions of family acceptance into the military community among U.S. LGBT service members: A mixed-methods study (2021)
Journal Article
Sullivan, K. S., Dodge, J., McNamara, K., Gribble, R., Keeling, M., Taylor-Beirne, S., …Castro, C. A. (2021). Perceptions of family acceptance into the military community among U.S. LGBT service members: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 7(S1), 90-101. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0019

Introduction: Despite calls to increase representation of diverse family structures in military family research, little is known about the experiences of the families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) service members (SMs). Using minor... Read More about Perceptions of family acceptance into the military community among U.S. LGBT service members: A mixed-methods study.

Combat injuries, body image and romantic relationships: A stakeholder workshop to specify new research directions (2020)
Report
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.

Direct and indirect effects of mindfulness, PTSD, and depression on self-stigma of mental illness in OEF/OIF veterans (2019)
Journal Article
Barr, N., Davis, J. P., Diguiseppi, G., Keeling, M., & Castro, C. (2022). Direct and indirect effects of mindfulness, PTSD, and depression on self-stigma of mental illness in OEF/OIF veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(6), 1026–1034. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000535

Objective: Two of the most common and costly mental health diagnoses among military veterans who served in the post-9/11 conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, but over half of veterans who screen p... Read More about Direct and indirect effects of mindfulness, PTSD, and depression on self-stigma of mental illness in OEF/OIF veterans.

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.

Support needs and experiences of family members of wounded, injured or sick UK service personnel (2017)
Journal Article
Verey, A., Keeling, M., Thandi, G., Stevelink, S., & Fear, N. T. (2017). Support needs and experiences of family members of wounded, injured or sick UK service personnel. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 163(6), 388-393. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2016-000725

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. Introduction When a service person has been wounded, injured or sick (WIS), family members may provide care during their recovery... Read More about Support needs and experiences of family members of wounded, injured or sick UK service personnel.

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.

Mental health consequences of overstretch in the UK Armed Forces, 2007-09: A population-based cohort study (2014)
Journal Article
Rona, R. J., Jones, M., Keeling, M., Hull, L., Wessely, S., & Fear, N. T. (2014). Mental health consequences of overstretch in the UK Armed Forces, 2007-09: A population-based cohort study. Lancet Psychiatry, 1(7), 531-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2814%2900062-5

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Background: Concerns have been raised about the effect of tour length on the mental health of the UK armed forces. In 2007, we reported that cumulative length of deployment was associated with mental illness in military personnel... Read More about Mental health consequences of overstretch in the UK Armed Forces, 2007-09: A population-based cohort study.

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.