Burdett, H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-8981
Fear, N. T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-2925
Wessely, S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6743-9929
Rona, R. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3739-5571
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Defence (CTLBC2114)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2020
Accepted: 19 May 2021
First Online: 6 July 2021
Declarations
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: Consent was requested are received in writing from all participants before commencing questionnaires. The Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee (reference 448/MODREC/13), and the King’s College London Psychiatry Nursing and Midwifery Research Ethics Subcommittee (reference PNM/12/13–169) granted approval for the cohort study.
: Not applicable.
: All authors are based at King’s College London which, for the purpose of this study and other military-related studies, receives funding from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). H.B., N.T.F. and R.J.R. salaries were totally or partially paid by the UK MoD. N.T.F. reports grants from the US Department of Defense and the UK MoD, is a trustee (unpaid) of The Warrior Programme and an independent advisor to the Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data (IGARD). S.W. is a trustee (unpaid) of Combat Stress and Honorary Civilian Consultant Advisor in Psychiatry for the British Army (unpaid). S.W. is affiliated to the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emergency Preparedness and Response at King’s College London in partnership with Public Health England, in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and Newcastle University. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the NIHR, the Department of Health, Public Health England or the UK MoD.