Helping War Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Incarcerated Individuals' Role in Therapeutic Animal Programs.

Abstract: A grassroots movement of nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations is creating programs in which incarcerated individuals train rescued shelter dogs as therapeutic …

The Ex-Service Community: A Household Survey 2014

Abstract: This report summarises the size, profile and needs of the ex-Service community in 2014, and provides forecasts on the future size of this significant group. It is an …

Unemployment in Military Spouses: An Examination of the Latent and Manifest Benefits, Quality of Life, and Psychological Wellbeing

This article exploresemployment, latent and manifest benefits (LAMB), wellbeing, and quality of life (QoL) in Australian military spouses. Results confirmed that unemployed spouses …

The Impact of Sport and Physical Activity on the Well-being of Combat Veterans: A Systematic Review

Abstract: This review examined the potential impact of sport and physical activity upon the subjective and psychological well-being of combat veterans in the aftermath of physical …

Veteran Informed Prisons: A Guide to Improving the Health and Well-being of Prisoners in Wales who are Veterans

Abstract: ‘Veteran Informed Prisons: A guide to improving the health and well-being of prisoners in Wales who are veterans’ is intended to support commissioners, planners and …

Increasing understanding of infants and young children in military families through focused research

Abstract: Until recently, the examination of the effects of combat deployment on military families have been largely limited to a small number of studies involving Vietnam …

Mental health in the Australian defence force: 2010 ADF mental health and wellbeing study

This report contains a preliminary analysis of the data from the 2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study. It will be followed by a series of detailed analyses 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 …

The psychosocial well-being of children from Australian military and fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) mining families

Abstract: This study investigates the effects of employment-related father absence on children's psychological well-being and home based mothers’ perceptions of family …

The Impact of Military Lifestyle Demands on Well-Being, Army, and Family Outcomes

Abstract: Adopting M. Segal’s framework, we focused on examining four military lifestyle demands—(1) risk of service member injury or death, (2) frequent relocations, (3) …

Social Service, the Veterans Administration, and the Family

Abstract: This article explores the role of the family in the rehabilitation and readjustment of the veteran. It reviews how the Veterans Administration administers social care …