PTSD, stigma and barriers to help-seeking within the UK Armed Forces

D Murphy, W Busuttil - BMJ Military Health, 2015 - militaryhealth.bmj.com
Among the general public, much is known about the longer-term consequences of not
seeking support for mental health difficulties. However, within military populations, and in …

Treatment of military-related post-traumatic stress disorder: challenges, innovations, and the way forward

…, AB Adler, C Bennett, R Bryant, W Busuttil… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the common mental disorders in military and
veteran populations. Considerable research and clinical opinion has been focused on …

Presentations and management of post traumatic stress disorder and the elderly: a need for investigation

W Busuttil - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Background With an aging population increasing presentations of cases of Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be expected to old age services. While progress has been …

Convergent validity of measures of post-traumatic stress disorder in a mixed military and civilian population

LA Neal, W Busuttil, J Rollins, R Herepath… - Journal of traumatic …, 1994 - Springer
The authors evaluated the validity of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) subscale of
the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and …

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 and restrictions to daily living as a result of social distancing within veterans with pre-existing mental health difficulties

…, C Williamson, J Baumann, W Busuttil… - BMJ Mil …, 2022 - militaryhealth.bmj.com
Introduction Data are emerging showing the adverse consequences on mental health of the
general public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known about the needs of veterans …

Exploring optimum cut-off scores to screen for probable posttraumatic stress disorder within a sample of UK treatment-seeking veterans

…, J Ross, R Ashwick, C Armour, W Busuttil - European Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Previous research exploring the psychometric properties of the scores of
measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suggests there is variation in their …

ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) in treatment seeking veterans: Risk factors and comorbidity

D Murphy, T Karatzias, W Busuttil, N Greenberg… - Social psychiatry and …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Emerging evidence suggests that ICD-11 CPTSD is a more common condition than
PTSD in treatment seeking samples although no study has explored risk factors and …

A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess post-traumatic stress disorder in treatment-seeking veterans

…, N Greenberg, S Wessely, W Busuttil… - The British Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundVeterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) typically report a poorer
treatment response than those who have not served in the Armed Forces. A possible …

Describing the profile of a population of UK veterans seeking support for mental health difficulties

…, R Ashwick, E Palmer, W Busuttil - Journal of Mental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Evidence suggests that veterans with mental health issues have poorer
treatment outcomes than civilian counterparts. Understanding the difficulties faced by …

Mental health and functional impairment outcomes following a 6-week intensive treatment programme for UK military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder …

…, L Spencer-Harper, M Hinton, S Wessely, W Busuttil - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Combat Stress, a UK national charity for veterans with mental health problems,
has been funded by the National Health Service (NHS) to provide a national specialist …