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Military wives can face unique stressors that may be particularly difficult for mothers who are pregnant or have new babies.

Spouses or intimate partners may be an important resource in early identification of concerns related to trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Service members. Partners of Service members completed questionnaires regarding knowledge of PTSD and treatment.

Seventy-two male Reservist Marines were surveyed to examine Marine attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. The role of various demographic variables in predicting attitudes toward homosexual was examined.

Several self-care web-based resources are available online, and patients may find these resources useful as a quick source of information or as a supplement to an appointment with a physician.

Children of Service members often experience added stress and disruption during deployment, which can be especially difficult for youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Relationships between spousal deployment, maternal outcomes, and neonatal outcomes were examined via chart review and surveys of 397 pregnant women.

Service members who are parents may have additional concerns during deployment about their family’s well-being than non-parent Service members.

Health care records of 55,000 non-pregnant spouses and 137,000 children of deployed Active Duty U.S. Army personnel were compared to records of spouses and children of non-deployed Soldiers to study changes in dependent health care utilization during deployment.

The Veterans Hospital's Association (VHA) administrative records of 4,416 OIF/OEF Veterans using the upstate New York Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system were analyzed to determine if a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with primary care provider-diagnosed

Retrospective data were used to determine the association between multiple deployments to Iraq and post-deployment mental health problems (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], depression, anxiety), as identified by mental health screening outcomes for U.S.