Organised by the King’s Centre for Military Health Research. We are bringing together leading academics, researchers, medical professionals and charities to discuss the key issues in military mental health and the Armed Forces community.

Programme: 

Session 1: Why integrated healthcare matters

09:00 - 09:30 : Registration

09:30 - 09:40 : Opening Address (Professor Sir Simon Wessely)

09:40 - 10:00 : Prevalence of mental and physical heath disorders in military veterans: a comparison study using primary healthcare data (Prof. Alan P Finnegan)

10:00 - 10:20 : Speaker (TBC)

10:20 - 10:40 : What is the impact on the mental health of Canadian military families? (Dr Alyson Mahar)

10:40 - 11:00 : Learning from the lived experiences of help-seeking

11:00 - 11:30 : BREAK

Session 2: Parallel Sessions: Highlighting the latest health & wellbeing

11:30 - 12:30 : 4 talks with invited speakers (Speakers TBC)

12:30 - 13:30 : LUNCH & NETWORKING

Session 3: Examples of health and wellbeing disorders that need an integrated approach

13:30 - 13:50 : Delivering the UK government's first Women Veterans' Strategy (Georgina Drysdale)

13:50 - 14:10 : Advancing chronic pain research to improve Veteran health and well-being (Dr Abhimanyu Sud)

14:10 - 14:30 : Imaging trauma: Neuroimaging research in posttraumatic stress disorder in military personnel (Professor Elbert Geuze)

14:30 - 14:50 : Is anger in veterans a public health issue? (Professor David Forbes)

14:50 - 15:20 : BREAK

Session 4: Bringing it together

15:20 - 15:40 : To be announced

15:50 - 16:10 : What epidemiological data can tell us about co-morbidity and complex health needs (Dr Marie-Louise Sharp)

16:10 - 16:50 : What are the benefits and challenges of integrating health systems: panel discussion (Commissioners and experts - Danny Kinahan, Craig Jones, Dr Gwen O'Connor, Kate McCullough, Michelle Alston)

16:50 - 17:00 : Closing remarks + poster winner announced