Deployment-related mental health support: comparative analysis of NATO and allied ISAF partners

Abstract: Background: For years there has been a tremendous gap in our understanding of the mental health effects of deployment and the efforts by military forces at trying to …

Factors affecting help seeking for mental health problems after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan

Abstract: Objective: This study assessed the prevalence of general medical problems, stress or emotional problems, and alcohol problems reported by members of the armed forces of …

Psychological health of military children: Longitudinal evaluation of a family-centered prevention program to enhance family resilience

Abstract: Family-centered preventive interventions have been proposed as relevant to mitigating psychological health risk and promoting resilience in military families facing …

Postdeployment military mental health training: Cross-national evaluations

Abstract: Deployments increase risk for adjustment problems in service members. To mitigate this increased risk, mental health training programs have been developed and …

An Occupational Mental Health Model for the Military

Abstract: The military occupational mental health model provides a framework for understanding the relationship between occupationally relevant demands and subsequent mental …

Mothers going to war: The role of nurse practitioners in the care of military mothers and families during deployment

Abstract: Purpose: Many military women are being called to separate from their children to go to war. Most previous research has focused upon paternal, rather than, maternal, …

Deployment of Military Mothers during Wartime

Abstract: Purpose: The primary aim was to describe the perceptions of military mothers regarding separation from their children over the trajectory of the wartime deployment …

Military Families in an Era of Persistent Conflict

Abstract: Since the start of America’s post–September 11, 2001 military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, military families have been the subject of increasing interest and …

The impact of deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan on military children: A review of the literature

Abstract: The aim of this review is to evaluate what is known about the impact on children of parental deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. We searched for relevant studies with a …

There and Back Again: How Parental Experiences Affect Children’s Adjustments in the Course of Military Deployments

Abstract: As a consequence of various causes, numerous children are confronted with parental separation. By following families in the course of military deployments, this study …

Effects of Deployment on Depression Screening Scores in Pregnancy at an Army Military Treatment Facility

Abstract: Objective: To estimate the relationship of positive screening for depression during and after pregnancy with deployment status of the spouse. Methods: We conducted a …

What are the consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan on the mental health of the UK armed forces? A cohort study

Abstract: Background: Concerns have been raised about the psychological effect of continued combat exposure and of repeated deployments. We examined the consequences of deployment …