2,042 British armed forces personnel serving in Iraq or Afghanistan were surveyed to evaluate the influence of family life/home events on their mental health during deployment.
Interview data of Veterans living with their parents after separating from the military were utilized to explore their reintegration experiences.
A program development and evaluation study with a sample of Marine Service Members assessed the initial clinical feasibility of adaptive disclosure (AD), a new intervention developed to address combat stress injuries in Active Duty Service members.
Child sexual abuse can have a myriad of lasting negative effects, and there is a need for multiple effective treatments.
An educational website about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was created for military family members in order to increase PTSD-related knowledge and promote actions to help Service members with their symptoms.
Interviews with female spouses or fianceés of deployed male Service members were conducted to examine relational coping during spousal deployment.
Service members preparing for or returning from deployment to Iraq completed written surveys to assess the role of pre-deployment impaired functioning in predicting mental health post-deployment.
Situations unique to military settings may impact the continuity of care for Service members and their families seeking treatment for substance abuse and family violence-related issues.
Survey data from Veterans who served post 9-11 were utilized to examine the relationships among childhood trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and adult social support.
In-depth interviews with male Veterans from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) and used to explore the reasons for miscommunication during deployment between Service members and their civilian family members.
Researchers examined the relationships between indicators of marriage functioning and rates of divorce upon returning from deployments. In this sample, rates of infidelity and intent to separate or divorce increased, while the rate of overall marriage quality decreased.
The records of married U.S. Air Force personnel were reviewed to compare rates of spouse abuse before and after combat deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF).
Using a sample of 450,329 OEF/OIF Veterans who sought care at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals one to seven years after deployment, gender differences in the prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions in male and female OEF/OIF Veterans was explored.
This study analyzed report pilot data from phase one of a project to develop and evaluate a selfdirected program of integrative therapies for National Guard personnel and significant relationship partners (N = 43 dyads) to support reintegration and resilience after return from Iraq or Afghanistan
The authors examine the relationship between specific posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and interpersonal aggression (verbal, psychological, and physical) among male Veterans completing a residential PTSD treatment program.
In this study, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness training for children aged 8–12 and parents (who received a mindful parenting training) in Amsterdam, Netherlands with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The health care records of 65,704 Active Duty Marines who deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) once or twice were used to investigate the association between the length of time spent at home between deployments (dwell time) with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health di
Understanding the experiences of non-deployed military spouses is important to improve services to military families.
In this article, researchers review the empirical literature on the epidemiology and screening of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military and Veteran populations, including an overview of screening instruments for identifying PTSD in military and Veteran populations.
Focus group and interview data were utilized to examine perceptions of the benefits, feasibility, barriers and logistical considerations of implementing a family education program (SAFE: Support And Family Education) in rural outpatient clinics (CBOCs).
The administrative records of 995 Active Duty U.S. Army Soldiers who had attempted or completed suicide over a five year period were used to examine the prevalence of childhood trauma and mental health problems in this population.
Child sexual abuse can have a myriad of lasting negative effects, and there is a need for multiple effective treatments.
Male Veterans with life expectancies of less than 12 months and nine of their family members completed a semi-structured interview to assess their spiritual needs, the spiritual care they have received, and their satisfaction with spiritual care.
Children and adolescents participated in a one-week Operation Purple Camp intervention (a summer camp intended to empower military families and their children to develop and maintain healthy relationships during the course of deployments) to test the effect of the camp on self-perceptions of soci
There is a well-established relationship between hazardous alcohol use and male perpetration of interpersonal violence (IPV), but little is known about related protective factors.
Michigan residents were surveyed via telephone about their support for National Guard members and programs to support their reintegration.
This study examines differences between men and women in lifetime exposure to 28 traumatic events, mental disorders (depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, PTSD), alcohol dependence, and work stress in a representative sample of regular and reserve Canadian Force
Researchers investigated suicidal ideation among sexual minority Veterans using data from the 2005-2010 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.
It is important to provide child sexual abuse prevention programs for child care workers; however, there is limited research on the feasibility and acceptability of such programs.