Service members can have difficulties in many different areas of functioning post-deployment, including emotional, interpersonal, and financial, among others.
Objective: To describe returning veterans’ transition experience from military to civilian life and to educate health care providers about culture-centered communication that promotes readjustment to civilian life.
Reintegration can be a difficult process for Service members, including lots of different changes and adjustments. The experience of readjustment to civilian life after military deployment was examined among 31 OEF/OIF Veterans via semi-structured interviews.
Veterans from the conflicts in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom; OEF) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom; OIF) have reported elevated rates of alcohol consumption, and greater depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with increased alcohol use.
There were 325 OEF/OIF Veterans who completed questionnaires designed to examine whether presence of a spouse or partner buffers the relationship between mental health symptoms and alcohol consumption.
There is a growing research base focusing on intimate partner aggression (IPA) in combat veterans, although little work has focused on IPA assessment.
Deployment and combat exposure can put stress on both a Service member and their intimate relationships.
The decade long conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have placed considerable strain on military families.
Deployment can be a particularly difficult and stressful time for spouses or partners of Service members.
Objective: To examine the perceived importance of needs and the extent to which they are met among a sample of family members in an inpatient polytrauma setting.