title: Transition back into civilian life: a study of personnel leaving the U.K. armed forces via "military prison".
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with poor outcomes for personnel leaving the United Kingdom Armed Forces early.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied a population thought to be at high risk of poor outcomes: those leaving the Services early via the United Kingdom Military Corrective Training Centre. Participants were interviewed 1 week before leaving (predischarge) and followed up 6 months later. One hundred eleven participants completed predischarge interviews. Seventy-four (67%) were successfully followed up and interviewed 6 months later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-eight of those followed up (56%) were classed as being disadvantaged after leaving. Being disadvantaged at follow-up was associated with: having predischarge mental health problems, receiving an administrative discharge, or having a short sentence length.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Factors associated with poor outcomes on leaving were often interrelated, making causal relationships complex. However, this study does provide a basis from which to identify, at the point of discharge, those most at risk of further disadvantage.
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Western Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Staden
authors.forename: Nicola T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Fear
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: Claire E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dandeker
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wessely
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*