King's Centre for Military Health Research

Our findings from the fourth phase of the Health and Wellbeing Cohort Study (2022/23) are here. We found rises in Common Mental Disorders (CMD) & PTSD in serving & ex-serving personnel since 2014/16. To read our full report, please visit: kcmhr.org/pdf/Phase_4_He…  #OpRESEARCH

And that is it from #vmhc2025 for this year. Thanks so much for joining us in person or online. A huge thanks to our speakers, delegates, volunteers, host and sponsors @FiMTrust and @TNLComFund. Keep following us here and elsewhere. See you soon!

If you enjoyed today, do follow @FiMT_RC for details on tomorrow's #FiMTRC2025 conference "understanding and supporting the Armed Forces Community in an evolving world" fimt-rc.org/conference

As we draw to a close, he reflects that as we continue to help those in need, an increasing focus on those who do well and thrive as the result of their time in the military is also vital

#VMHC2025 conference chair Prof Dominic Murphy (@combatstress, @KCMHR & @estss_news) announces the winners of the #vmhc2025 poster prizes are: Milly Adams Ronessa Dass Dr Robin Campbell Bromhead

He pays tribute to all KCMHR collaborators over the past 25 years and invites delegates to "raise a toast to KCMHR and ADMMH"

He concludes by saying KCMHR work has resulted in significant policy impacts and change in the military and veteran field

Our final #vmhc2025 speaker is our own Professor Sir Simon Wessely reflecting on 25+ years of research at KCMHR

Prof Sadler adds that there are people out there with suicide risk who are not in contact with the mental health system (for various reasons), which is why it's important to consider other pathways to care and support

...this is why a systems approach is so important, as we need to keep all that in mind. Investigations such as this can hit morale, so it is important to consider that

Next it's Professor Nicole Sadler: The Australian Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides: Key findings and considerations for researchers, clinicians and policymakers working with military and veteran populations.