Meeting the needs of women veterans in mental health services

Women veterans in the UK are less likely to use veteran-specific mental health services than men, and report feeling as though these services do not meet their needs.

This project aims to improve our understanding of women veterans’ mental health needs and experiences of mental health services, in order to co-design guidance and recommendations for mental healthcare professionals providing support.

This project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research and is in collaboration with the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Salute Her.

Project Outputs:

Visual Summary report: ‘I don’t feel like that’s for me’: Overcoming barriers to mental healthcare for women veterans

Guidance for providing mental healthcare to women veterans: Utilising trauma-informed principles of care

Infographic: Key considerations when commissioning services to support women veterans  

Infographic: Project summary

Infographic: Key takeaways for professionals supporting women veterans’ mental health

We are hosting two virtual project workshops, where we will discuss our findings, and how to best meet the mental health support needs of women veterans:

Click here to register your interest for the session specifically for healthcare professionals on 2 February 2024

Click here to register your interest for the session for all audiences on 6 February 2024.

You can read more on the preliminary research that formed the basis of this project below:

Gender differences in barriers to mental healthcare for UK military veterans: a preliminary investigation | BMJ Military Health

Barriers and facilitators to mental healthcare for women veterans: a scoping review, Journal of Mental Health

 

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