Children of U.S. military families are exposed to unique challenges and stressors directly related to their parents' wartime deployments, potentially placing them at higher risk for psychosocial disruption.
Self-report data from parent and youth were utilized to investigate the effects of parental military deployment on adolescents' psychosocial difficulties (internalizing symptoms like depression and anxiety and externalizing symptoms like school and attention problems).
Purpose: With nearly 3 million US troops having deployed for Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) since the conflicts began, an estimated 2 million children have been separated from a parent.
A workshop was held for school counselors to train them on best practices for helping children with a deployed parent. Attendees participated in discussion groups about their own experiences and rated the usefulness of the training for their careers.
The Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system is dedicated to providing high-quality mental health services to all veterans, including the nearly 40% of enrolled veterans living in rural areas.
Focus group and interview data were utilized to examine perceptions of the benefits, feasibility, barriers and logistical considerations of implementing a family education program (SAFE: Support And Family Education) in rural outpatient clinics (CBOCs).
Previous research has shown that military women often experience potentially severe health outcomes following deployment. Data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a 21-year longitudinal study examining the health effects of military service, were used to examine this issue.
Data from the Millennium Cohort Study were used to examine military women's mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) following deployment.
Premature termination (PT) has been identified as widespread in individual, family, and couple therapy. Unfortunately, research on PT utilizes numerous definitions of PT without providing guidance on which definition may be most clinically useful.
Pre- and post-survey data for Veterans and their spouses were used to examine the frequency of premature termination (PT) of treatment for couples in therapy.