Scoping Review: A Needs Based Assessment and Epidemiological Community-Based Survey of Ex-Service Personnel and their Families in Scotland

ACDMH

Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health

ACTR

Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research

AFCS

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

AFP

Armed Forces Project

AFPPA

Armed Forces Personnel Adminstration Agency

AFPRABS

Armed Forces Pension and Research Attributable Benefits Scheme

AFPRB

Armed Forces Pay Review Body

AFPS

Armed Forces Pension Scheme

AMG

Agency Management Group

APC

Army Personnel Centre

APMS

Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

ASOs

Administration Support Officers

AUDIT

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

BLESMA

British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association

CABx

Citizens Advice Bureau

CAC

Central Advisory Committee

CAD

Citizens Advice Direct

CEA

Continuity of Education Allowance

CHI

Community Health Index

CHP

Centre for Housing Policy

CHR

Combined Housing Register

CI

Confidence Intervals

CIDI

Composite International Diagnostic Interview

CISD

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

CLG

Communities and Local Government

CMO

Chief Medical Officer

COB

Contingency Operating Base

COBSEO

Confederation of British Service and ex-Service Organisations

CoSLA

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

CPNs

Community Psychiatric Nurses

CPSR

Centre for Psychological Services Research

CRAU

Complex Rehabilitation and Amputee Unit

CSO

Chief Scientist Office

CTAs

Civilian Training Attachments

CTP

Career Transition Partnership

DASA

Defence Analytical Services Agency

DCMHs

Departments of Community Mental Health

DDS

Defence Dental Services

DEE

Department for Education and Employment

DHP

Defence Health Programme

DMCP

Defence Medical Capability Programme

DMDC

Defence Manpower Data Center

DMETA

Defence Medical Education and Training Agency

DMHTs

Deployed Mental Health Teams

DMPD

Defence Medical Postgraduate Deanery

DMRC

Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre

DMS

Defence Medical Services

DMSD

Defence Medical Services Department

DMTC

Defence Medical Training Centre

DoE

Department of Education

DoH

Department of Health

DRP

Defence Rehabilitation Plan

DSM-IV

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4^th edition

DSS

Department of Social Security

DWP

Department for Work and Pensions

EHFS

Earl Haig Fund Scotland

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing

ERG

External Reference Group

ESAG

Ex-Service Action Group

ESP

Employment Support Programme

ESRC

Economic and Social Research Council

ETS

Educational and Training Services

FMHTs

Field Mental Health Teams

FRP

Full Resettlement Programme

FTRS

Fulltime Regular Service

GHN

Glasgow Homeless Network

GHQ-28

General Health Questionnaire-28

GIP

Guaranteed Income Payment

GMC

General Medical Council

GP

General Practitioner

GRT

Graduated Resettlement Time

GVMAP

Gulf Veterans Medical Assessment Programme

HASCAS

Health and Social Care Advisory Service

HIC

Housing Information Centre

HLS

Howard League Scotland

HMG

Homelessness Monitoring Group

HMS

Her Majesty's Ship

HTF

Homelessness Task Force

IA

Insurance Allowance

IAPT

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

ICD-10

International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Version 10

IERO

Individual Education and Resettlement Officer

IMEG

Independent Medical Group

IPPH

Ilford Park Polish Home

IRTC

Individual Resettlement Training Costs

IRTs

Incident Reponse Teams

ISG

Independent Scrutiny Group

JCCC

Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre

JPA

Joint Personnel Administration

JSHAO

Joint Service Housing Advisory Office

KCL

King's College London

KCMHR

Kings Centre for Military Health Research

LAs

Local Authorities

MAP

Medical Assessment Programme

MCTC

Military Corrective Training Centre

MDHUs

MoD Hospital Units

MHPs

Mental Health Practitioners

MoD

Ministry of Defence

MQR

Medical Quinquennial Review

MRR

Mortality Ratio

MRS

Medical Reception Station

MSI

Multiple Symptom Illness

NAO

National Audit Office

NAPO

National Association of Probation Officers

NBI

Non Battlefield Injury

NHS

National Health Service

NHSCR

National Health Service Central Register

NICE

National Institute for Clinical Excellence

NISHS

Northern Ireland Study of Health and Stress

NSFAMH

National Service Framework for Adult Mental Health

ODPM

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OEF

Operation Enduring Freedom

OIF

Operation Iraqi Freedom

ONS

Office for National Statistics

PCL

PTSD Checklist

PCTs

Primary Care Trusts

PHQ

Patient Health Questionnaire

PIR

Prison-In-Reach

PRTT

Police Rehabilitation Training Trust

PSNI

Police Service of Northern Ireland

PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PVR

Premature Voluntary Release

RAF

Royal Air Force

RAMP

Reception Arrangements for Military Personnel

RAuxAF

Royal Auxiliary Air Force

RCDM

Royal Centre for Defence Medicine

RDPH

Regional Director of Public Health

REDA

Removal Expenses and Disturbance Allowance

RFPS

Reserve Forces Pension Scheme

RHQ

Regimental Home Headquarters

RMHP

Reserves Mental Health Programme

RMR

Royal Marine Reserve

RN

Royal Navy

RNR

Royal Navy Reserve

ROCR

Review of Central Returns

RRU

Regional Rehabilitation Unit

RWOs

Regional Welfare Officers

SaBRE

Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers

SACRO

Safeguarding Communities and Reducing Offending

SAM

Sickness Absence Management

ScHARR

School of Health and Related Research

SCJS

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey

SCSH

Scottish Council for Single Homeless

SFA

Service Family Accommodation

SHAs

Strategic Health Authorities

SHeS

Scottish Health Survey

SHS

Scottish Household Survey

SLS

Scottish Longitudinal Survey

SMR

Standardised Mortality Ratios

SPACES

Single Persons Accommodation Centre for Ex-Services

SPCP

Service Personnel Command Paper

SPS

Scottish Prison Service

SPVA

Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

SSAFA

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association

SSSFT

South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

TA

Territorial Army

TBI

Traumatic Brain Injury

TM-CBT

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

TRiM

Trauma Risk Management

UHBFT

University of Hospital's Birmingham Foundation Trust

UK

United Kingdom

US

United States

UWO

Unit Welfare Officer

VA

Veterans Agency

V1P

Veterans First Point

VPU

Veterans Policy Unit

VWS

Veterans Welfare Service

WAG

Welsh Assembly Government

WASAS

Work & Social Adjustment Scale

WHO

World Health Organisation

WMH

World Mental Health

WPC

War Pensions Committee

WPS

War Pensions Scheme

WPWS

War Pensioner's Welfare Service

WWII

World War II