The Long War and Parental Combat Deployment: Effects on Military Children and At-Home Spouses

The Long War and Parental Combat Deployment: Effects on Military Children and At-Home Spouses, April 2010, Journal of  the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 310-320

Findings indicate that parental combat deployment has a cumulative effect on children that remains even after the deployed parent returns home, and that is predicted by psychological distress of both the AD and AHC parent. Such data may be informative for screening, prevention, and intervention strategies.

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