Mental health and retention of deployed Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel The retention of ADF personnel is of the highest priority with high operational commitments and shortages in numerous trades.…

Who psych’s the psych? challenges facing embedded psychological support teams in the Middle East area of operations It is well recognised that war and war-like experiences can impact on the…

Caffeine maintains both physical and cognitive performance in night SUSOPS We studied the effects on 31 soldiers of caffeine on cognitive and physical performance over a simulated sustained operations task…

CRM training for aeromedical personnel The origins of crew resource management (CRM) are usually traced back to a workshop sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1979.…

Human performance standards for selection and service in the incident response regiment The Incident Response Regiment (IRR) is a part of the Australian Army’s Special Operations Command (SOCOMD). The role…

High performance physiological training for the military aviation environment The RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (AVMED) has been providing ADF aircrew physiological training for over half a century. Over that…

Dapsone exposure, mortality and cancer incidence amongst Australian Vietnam war veterans Introduction: Malaria prophylaxis was a top priority during the Vietnam War. When an increase of cases was noted in…

Mortality and deployment in a large cohort of Australian Defence Force personnel Three current military and veterans’ health studies, focusing on deployments to the Solomon Islands (SI), East Timor (EM)…

The Annual Health Assessment (AHA): does it contribute to operational readiness? Aim: To critically analyse the process of AHA’s in the ADF, benchmark these activities against evidence based guidelines and…

Communication technologies and response in deployment health studies Response rates are critical to the validity of survey based research. In recent years it has become more challenging in general populations…