Over the past year the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community, funded by FiMT, conducted research to understand the perceived benefits of military Service.
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Over the past year the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community, funded by FiMT, conducted research to understand the perceived benefits of military Service.
Read moreCurrently, there is limited understanding of whether ex-serving Regular females experience different rates and patterns of mental health and hazardous alcohol use comorbidities compared to their male counterparts, and what factors might be associated with higher rates of these comorbidities.
Read moreOn 17 July 2025, King’s College London hosted A Mind Ready for War: Ancient and Modern, a one-day workshop led by Dan Leightley (KCL) and Hannah-Marie Chidwick (University of Bristol).
Read moreThis study aims to understand the long-term psychosocial and sexual impacts of conflict-related genital injury and intimate scarring to develop evidence-based psychosocial support.
Read moreA new report from the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) has explored the outcomes and experiences of UK Armed Forces personnel who were medically discharged having sustained serious injuries when deployed to Afghanistan.
Read moreA new report produced by the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) has explored the outcomes and experiences of UK Armed Forces personnel who were medically discharged having sustained serious injuries when deployed to Afghanistan.
Read moreResearchers from the current team conducted a pilot study to investigate the long-term psychosocial and sexual experiences of ex-Servicemen with conflict-related genital injuries, understand support needs, and assess the necessity and feasibility of a larger scale study.
Read moreKCMHR has just released a new report, funded by the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), which has highlighted the complex ways in which military life can influence alcohol use and other lifestyle behaviours among the spouses and partners of Service personnel.
Read moreThe King’s College London study funded by Forces in Mind Trust, compared currently serving Gurkha, Fijian, and British ethnic minority personnel with white British comparison group.
Read moreThe research, conducted by the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), King’s College London, used diaries and interviews with mostly female partners of men who were serving, or had served, in the UK Armed Forces to better understand what influenced their alcohol use.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
