Almost half of all service members are married at the time of their deployment, and spouses play a key role in their rehabilitation after being wounded in combat.
LGB military families will be increasingly visible now that Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell has been repealed, and the military has stated that these servicemembers and their families are to be treated equally.
The development and evaluation of a spouse abuse treatment program in a military setting are described.
Since 2003, about 14 % of U.S. Army soldiers have reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following deployments.
This article examines the use of multi-couple group therapy treatment for couples in which at least one member has served in the military.
Life stressor precipitants and communications of distress and suicide intent were examined among a sample of United States Air Force (USAF) married versus unmarried suicide decedents.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem that has received increased attention in the military.
Researchers determined the patterns and severity of domestic violence incidents (N = 20,959) among Army enlisted personnel as reported to the Army Central Registry database from 1998 to 2002.Over the 5 year period of the study, 58% of the cases were nonmutual (one-sided) and 42% were mutual (bidi