Almeida-Meza, Pamela
Dregan, Alexandru
Croak, Bethany
Hettiaratchy, Shehan
Fear, Nicola T.
Stevelink, Sharon A.M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT21/1023KCL)
Article History
Received: 6 March 2026
Accepted: 15 June 2026
First Online: 30 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by CPRD (ID: 22_001829) following submission of a detailed protocol.
: Not applicable.
: SAMS is supported by the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship (NIHR300592). NTF served as a trustee of Help for Heroes and received funding from a grant (OVA; G2-SCH-2022-11-12241) from the UK Ministry of Defence. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the organisations named above. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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