Dr Paul Watson

As Principle Investigator, Paul has undertaken international research in Denmark looking at the mental well-being of Danish Military Children. This initital work with the Danish military charity SSOP,  generated a 4-year project, which is now underway to explore the impact of SSOP’s interventions on the well-being of military children.

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• Being a military child in Denmark: Young people’s experiences of living with a parent with PTSD, Watson, P., Osborne, A. 8 Jan 2025, In: PLoS Mental Health
• One is Too Many: Implementing a suicide reduction workforce initiative, Senior, E., Watson, P. 14 Feb 2025, Veterans’ Mental Health Conference 2025
• Challenges to School Success Among Children in U.S. Military Families, Soto, M., Crouch, E., Odahowski, C., Boswell, E., Brown, M., Watson, P. 7 Nov 2024, In: Military Medicine
• Chronic headaches after traumatic brain injury: Diagnostic complexity associated with increased cost, McGeary, D., Swan, A., Kennedy, E., Dismuke-Greer, C., McGeary, C., Sico, J., Amuan, M., Manhapra, A., Bouldin, E., Watson, P., Kenney, K., Myers, M., Werner, J., Mitchell, J., Carlson, K., Delgado, R., Esmaeili, A., Pugh, M. 6 Nov 2024, In: NeuroRehabilitation
• One is too Many: A Conceptual Framework for Safety Planning within Service Delivery for Veterans and their Families, Kiernan, M., McGill, G., Watson, P., Farrell, D., Oxburgh, G., Arnfield, J., Rebair, A., Knibbs, L., Allen, S., Gettings, R., Senior, E. 20 Mar 2024
• Transformation-Collaboration and Consensus: Co-Production Report , Watson, P., Senior, E., Hyde, R., Telford, M., Cottam, E. 16 Oct 2024
• Developing a holistic intervention to reduce social isolation and loneliness in Veterans treated for PTSD, Watson, P., Farrell, D. Dec 2023
• Influencing strategy blog | Dr Paul Watson, Watson, P. Sep 2023
• Perceptions of social media challenges and benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional international survey, Schoultz, M., Lamph, G., Thygesen, H., Leung, J., Bonsaksen, T., Ruffolo, M., Price, D., Watson, P., Kabelenga, I., Chiu, V., Østertun Geirdal, A. 10 Jan 2023, In: PLOS Global Public Health
• SSOP Annual Camp 2019 Narrative Evaluation: A critical investigation of the impact of a military veteran parent with mental health issues or PTSD upon childhood biography, Watson, P., Osborne, A. 1 Feb 2020

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• Substance Misuse Support for Military Veterans in Newcastle, Graham, P. (Principal Investigator), Watson, P. (Co Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 02/09/24 - 31/03/25, £25,000.00
• 'Military Children' Promote, Protect, Prevent, Watson, P. (Principal Investigator), Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, 01/09/24 - 31/08/25, £124,899.00
• Relationships among Adverse Childhood Experiences, Benevolent and Positive Childhood Experiences of Military Connected Children and Young People., Watson, P. (Principal Investigator), Forces Children’s Trust, 01/09/24 - 28/02/26, £35,487.00
• Developing the OiTM dissemination workshop, Senior, E. (Principal Investigator), Watson, P. (Co Investigator), The Baton, 01/04/24 - 31/03/25, £18,000.00
• Developing a Common Assessment Tool, Watson, P. (Principal Investigator), The Royal Marines Charity, 01/01/24 - 31/12/24, £29,438.00
• Exploring Non-clinical Drug and Alcohol harm and service access experiences of British South Asian youth, Sattar, Z. (Principal Investigator), Watson, P. (Co Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 01/04/23 - 31/03/24, £24,211.00
• Community Asset Mapping the Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services, Organisations and Recovery Groups in the Newcastle Area, McGovern, W. (Principal Investigator), Watson, P. (Co Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 01/02/23 - 31/01/24, £49,971.00
• Evaluation of the Families SPOC, McGill, G. (Principal Investigator), Watson, P. (Co Investigator), NHS England, 01/12/22 - 30/11/23, £8,000.00
• Veteran suicide: Understand-Identify-Prevent, Kiernan, M. (Principal Investigator), Watson, P. (Co Investigator), Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, 01/07/21 - 30/06/23, £205,405.00
• Wellbeing and life quality of military connected families, Watson, P. (Principal Investigator), Stot Soldater & Parorende, 01/08/20 - 31/03/24, £47,386.00

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• Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Rhetoric and Reality: Developing a Common Assessment Tool (RMA) 2025
• Organising a conference, workshop, ...: RMA-TRMC-Transformation-Collaboration and Consensus Project 2024
• Other: UKRI Funding Service - review a funding application 2024
• Oral presentation: Inquiring into the Narratives of Military Young Carers 2024
• Invited talk: Military Children and Young People's round table (COBSEO) 2024
• Visiting an external academic institution: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2024
• Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Op Community Single Point of Contact for Armed Forces Community/Families 2024
• Oral presentation: Conversation, collaboration and inspiration at the One Is Too Many: Suicide Prevention conference 2023
• Oral presentation: Understanding the hidden voices of military connected young carers. 2023
• Oral presentation: Inquiring in to the narratives of young carers of veterans with PTSD 2023

Connor Malcolm Exploring the role of social ties for well-being in adolescent children from serving military families Start Date: 01/03/2024

• Philosophy PhD June 22 2022
• Nursing BSc (Hons) September 09 2013
• PgDip Public Health SCPHN - School Nurse 2013

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• Department of Health: Military families pathway for school nursing and health visitors.
• Military Network Radio: Paul Watson discusses military children and young people whose parents have PTSD.
• Understanding the emotional health and well-being children and young people from military families.
• The Spotlight on Sexual Health and Education for Military, Veterans and Families - with Professor David Evans
• Parliament Adjournment: Paul Watson and Military children, young people and young carers.