Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
Centenary of the Air Force The medical service of the Royal Australian Air Force started in a small hut that served as the sick-quarters at Point Cook, Victoria. Its first…
K Kerr, M Romaniuk, S McLeay, S Walker, J Henderson, A Khoo Abstract Background Australian veterans have an increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Guilt is a common post-trauma…
N Westphalen Introduction This article follows previous papers by the author, regarding occupational and environmental medicine in the ADF.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 These papers, as well as a recent Productivity Commission inquiry,10 describe…
T J Watt, E James Kehoe Abstract Arts-based activities are increasingly being offered to current and former military members as an adjunct to their established therapeutic interventions. Individuals who undertake…
B Short Abstract Begun in 1940 during World War II, the research into natural penicillin later involved British, United States and Australian military forces in carrying out the necessary extensive…
H Wang, X Liang, K Bridle and D Crawford
H Wang, X Liang, K Bridle, D Crawford Abstract Background: Self-reported physical comorbidities are common among combat veterans. Until now, it has been unclear what underlying risk factors were associated…
T Bullman, A Schneiderman Introduction Much of the research on the post-deployment mortality of veterans who deployed as part of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) has…
Re-Print Stephenson Vol 9 No 1 E Stephenson2 On 16 December 1943, I was sitting at the Navigator’s seat in a very noisy Lancaster bomber over Berlin when something occurred…
Originally published: 13 May 2014 by Sydney Local Health District, NSW Government As an 18-year-old, when Norton Duckmanton watched his friend fatally crash a Mosquito dive bomber during Pacific War…
