Families with a dependent who has special health care or educational needs can experience stressful challenges. The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) assists military families with identifying military and community support services through a family support provider.
Professionals and families experiencing the transition from institutionalization to community-living often face additional stress and challenges.
An investigation around the types, subtypes, and severity of child neglect among a sample of substantiated cases at four U. S. Army installations was conducted. Descriptions of demographic correlates of victims and offenders by type and subtype were provided.
The effects of combat trauma and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can extend beyond the Veteran and can disrupt their intimate relationships and families.
Researchers explored the experiences of four children living with fathers with a brain injury. Although small in scope, this study's primary aim was to provide information to families, therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and policy-makers in the area of brain injury.
Researchers examined the association between working alliance and treatment outcome in a sample of military youth who received psychotherapy for problems related to substance abuse. Participants' ratings on working alliance and treatment outcome were collected during each session.
Semi-structured interviews were completed with 12 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans regarding how they made meaning of their traumatic experiences and how they defined their identity after experiencing combat.
With the stressors of deployments on military families, it is essential that military spouses find ways to promote resilience during the deployment cycle. Military spouses' view of resilience and coping during deployment were analyzed for overarching themes.
A secondary analyses of the 2010 wave of the Military Family Life Project regarding structural differences in male and female Service members' families and the experiences of their military spouses was investigated.