Lauren van Staden|Nicola T. Fear|Amy Iversen|Claire French|Christopher Dandeker|Simon Wessely
Transition Back into Civilian Life: A Study of Personnel Leaving the U.K. Armed Forces via “Military Prison”
King's College London|King's College London|King's College London|King's College London|King's College London|King's College London
purpose study identify factors associated poor outcomes personnel leaving united kingdom armed forces earlywe studied population thought high risk poor outcomes leaving services early via united kingdom military corrective training centre participants interviewed 1 week leaving predischarge followed 6 months later one hundred eleven participants completed predischarge interviews seventyfour 67 successfully followed interviewed 6 months laterthirtyeight followed 56 classed disadvantaged leaving disadvantaged followup associated predischarge mental health problems receiving administrative discharge short sentence lengthfactors associated poor outcomes leaving often interrelated making causal relationships complex however study provide basis identify point discharge risk disadvantage