Navy

Some Navy families are subject to unusual stress in that the active duty parent may be deployed for several months at a time.

118 Navy and 103 civilian children and adolescents who were psychiatrically hospitalized over a three-year period participated in a study to examine deployment as a risk factor for hospitalization. 60% of Navy youth who were hospitalized had a Navy parent whose job required long-term deployment.

Maintaining a connection to home is difficult for deployed sailors in the U.S. Navy.

The marital dissatisfaction, depression, and self-esteem problems of 37 wives of naval personnel assigned to 4 submarines, who were each separated from their spouses for 14 weeks, were monitored biweekly, be

Reported a 7-mo study on the depressive affect scores of 31 wives of US naval personnel aboard ships that were deployed.

The present study examined Navy mothers’ reports about their own and their children’s psychological symptoms.

Background: Musculoskeletal physical training-related injuries are a major problem in military populations.