Objective: Members of the US armed forces have been heavily deployed in support of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This study examined the affect of a parent's deployment to war on the rate of psychiatric hospitalization among their children. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study.
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.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among users of the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. Effective approaches to involving family in care for PTSD are critical because family functioning both affects and is affected by treatment outcomes.
Multifamily group approaches (such as REACH: Reaching out to Education and Assist Caring, Healthy Families) to care for Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are both critical and effective, as they involve family members who are also affected by and affect treatment outcomes.
The intimate partners of veterans living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often have few opportunities to articulate in their own words how the disorder affects them and their families.
Partners of primarily Vietnam-era Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) provided written commentary on a mail survey on their day-to-day experiences of managing PTSD in the family.
Military couples who have experienced deployment and reintegration in current U.S. military operations frequently experience stress regarding the dangers and effects of such experiences.
Couples consisting of an Active Duty Army husband and civilian wife who experienced a deployment in the previous year completed a survey regarding their experiences of stress, family variables, feelings of connection and support, and military experiences.
This study compared the occurrence of child maltreatment in military and nonmilitary populations. Data came from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System. All cases of child maltreatment substantiated from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2002, in the state of Texas were analyzed.
Data from a national surveillance system were used to compare the rate of occurrence of substantiated child maltreatment, the characteristics of child victims, and the characteristics of their perpetrators between military and nonmilitary populations.