POSITIVE ADAPTATIONS:
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRENGTHS
ONLINE CONFERENCE / 1-2 JULY
Professor Dominic Murphy
Title
Understanding the profile and mental health needs of UK women veterans
Affiliations
President UK Psychological Trauma Society
Bio
Dominic gained his first degree, an MA in psychology from Glasgow University in 2003. He then joined King’s College London as part of the team that established the King's Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) and setup an ongoing UK military study following the 2003 Iraq War. Dominic earned his doctorate at KCL exploring vaccinations and medically unexplained symptoms in military personnel in 2010. Dominic then trained as a Clinical Psychologist and completed his clinical doctorate at Royal Holloway University in 2013. In 2013, Dominic joined Combat Stress (a national veterans mental health charity in the UK) where he established and now leads a research department specialising in veteran’s mental health. The Combat Stress research department is co-located within the KCMHR where Dominic continues to be a member. Dominic is part of the Five Eyes Veterans Mental Health Consortium, a Director and Trustee for the Forces in Mind Trust, works on NATO research task groups, been a special editor for a number of journals and member of several international military mental health research consortiums and scientific advisory boards. In 2019, he was elected the President of the UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS) and onto the executive board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). Dominic has specialised clinically and academically within the field of PTSD and military mental health and is widely published with over 120 articles to date. Currently Dominic is leading a number of clinical trials. These include an RCT exploring the efficacy of a novel modular treatment for Complex PTSD, an RCT exploring the impact of an App to reduce drinking in veterans with a dual diagnosis and a feasibility trial to develop and new intervention to treatment Moral Injury.
Websites
Title
Understanding the profile and mental health needs of UK women veterans
Affiliations
President UK Psychological Trauma Society
Bio
Dominic gained his first degree, an MA in psychology from Glasgow University in 2003. He then joined King’s College London as part of the team that established the King's Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) and setup an ongoing UK military study following the 2003 Iraq War. Dominic earned his doctorate at KCL exploring vaccinations and medically unexplained symptoms in military personnel in 2010. Dominic then trained as a Clinical Psychologist and completed his clinical doctorate at Royal Holloway University in 2013. In 2013, Dominic joined Combat Stress (a national veterans mental health charity in the UK) where he established and now leads a research department specialising in veteran’s mental health. The Combat Stress research department is co-located within the KCMHR where Dominic continues to be a member. Dominic is part of the Five Eyes Veterans Mental Health Consortium, a Director and Trustee for the Forces in Mind Trust, works on NATO research task groups, been a special editor for a number of journals and member of several international military mental health research consortiums and scientific advisory boards. In 2019, he was elected the President of the UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS) and onto the executive board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). Dominic has specialised clinically and academically within the field of PTSD and military mental health and is widely published with over 120 articles to date. Currently Dominic is leading a number of clinical trials. These include an RCT exploring the efficacy of a novel modular treatment for Complex PTSD, an RCT exploring the impact of an App to reduce drinking in veterans with a dual diagnosis and a feasibility trial to develop and new intervention to treatment Moral Injury.
Websites
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