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Summary
In this retrospective cohort study of children of Active Duty military personnel, administrative records were evaluated to assess the effect of parental deployment on the rate of psychiatric hospitalization among children ages 9-17. The risk of psychiatric hospitalization increased among children with a parent who deployed, particularly for children with prior psychiatric histories. The risk of psychiatric hospitalization also increased with the length of parental deployment.
Citation
Millegan, J., Engel, C., Liu, X., Dinneen, M. (2013). Parental Iraq/Afghanistan Deployment and Child Psychiatric Hospitalization in the US Military. General Hospital Psychiatry, 35, 556-560. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.04.015