TY - JOUR T1 - MIlitary Combat Mental Health Framework JF - BMJ Military Health JO - BMJ Mil Health SP - 201 LP - 203 DO - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001439 VL - 167 IS - 3 AU - Martin Bricknell Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/167/3/201.abstract N2 - This paper describes a framework for understanding military combat mental health based on the possible mental ill-health consequences of exposure to ‘potential trauma events’ for members of the armed forces and after their military service as veterans. It uses a life course approach that maps an individual’s mental well-being against four ‘states’: fit, reacting, injured and ill. It then considers five categories of factors that influence the risk of mental illness from this exposure based on research evidence; prejoining vulnerability, resilience, precipitating, treatment and recovery. This framework offers a structure to debate current knowledge, inform policy and therapeutic interventions, provide education and to guide future research into the subject. ER -