News & Impact - July 2024

We are now recruiting for military veterans experiencing gambling harm and/or PTSD symptoms to assess a new digital treatment. To complete the eligibility questionnaire, please click here, or for more details see further information located on the website.

Simon Wright, a PhD student at Swansea University attended the annual postgraduate research conference. Simon presented a poster which discussed Project ACTIVATE and the ACT Vet application. “I had a wonderful time presenting the prospective Project ACTIVATE as part of the annual PGR conference. I was struck by how many people shared our motivation to […]

Dr Hitch and colleagues visited the Links charity centre, Llanelli, to discuss all things veteran gambling and Project ACTIVATE. Links is used as a charity hub to support those experiencing poor mental health, including veteran groups. They are a superb support centre and offer various activities to help those who are struggling. We were quite […]

Dr Hitch and Professor Dymond travelled to South Korea to present on different veteran projects. Dr Hitch talked about the narrative review, Project ACTIVATE and the ACT Vet app. 

Dr Hitch and Professor Dymond travelled to the CAG-R, London, 2023 conference. Dr Hitch presented the narrative review.

Dr Hitch travelled to very hot, very sunny Las Vegas to present the narrative review at the Gambling and Risk-Taking Conference. There were several representatives of the veteran community at the conference, who were very much interested in ACT as a therapy.