Karen Brounéus

Articles by Karen Brounéus


Underestimating the burden for peacekeepers? Difficulty in determining psychological well-being following operational deployment with low response rates from NZDF personnel

Abstract Background: Since 2010, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have used post-deployment psychological screens with personnel returning from operational deployments to predict and support psychological ill-health in returning peacekeepers. Aim: The objective of this article is to discuss the critical implications of low return rates in follow-up psychological health data in returning peacekeepers. Due… Read more »

By Karen Brounéus , Mariane Wray and Peter Green In   Issue Volume 23 No. 2 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-55463484/JMVH Vol 23 No 2

On Return from Peacekeeping: A review of current research on psychological well-being in military personnel returning from operational deployment

Introduction The number and size of UN and Allied peacekeeping deployments[1] have increased dramatically since the end of the Cold War [1], as have the budgets that support them. The UN budgeted 7.23 billion USD for the 2012-2013 fiscal year for UN Peacekeeping operations.[2] An explanation for this increase is likely to be found in… Read more »

By Karen Brounéus In   Issue Volume 22 No. 1 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-78931921/JMVH Vol 22 No 1