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.
National Guard service members and their families face unique circumstances that distinguish them from other branches of the military. In this article, we highlight unique National Guard needs and argue that more can be done by policy makers to help this population.
Michigan residents were surveyed via telephone about their support for National Guard members and programs to support their reintegration.
Objective: National Guard forces have deployed in large numbers to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 11, 2001.
Mental health symptoms, use of provided mental health services, and perceived barriers to service utilization were assessed among members of the National Guard and their spouses/partners. In this sample, over a third of participants indicated having at least one mental health problem.