Veterans and Military Family Health: MedlinePlus
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There are over two million active and reserve members of the U.S. military and over 23 million U.S. veterans. They face some different health issues from civilians. Likewise, their families may face some unique challenges. Families may have to cope with
- Deployment and separation from loved ones
- Illnesses and injuries, including disabilities
- Mental health effects of military service, including post-traumatic stress disorder
- Family issues such as disruptions in parenting and caregiver stress
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Start Here
- Families in the Military(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - PDF
- Also available in Spanish
Related Topics
Latest News
- Parents' Military Deployment Takes Toll on Kids, Study Finds(04/05/2013, HealthDay)
- Drinking, Drugs More Common for Kids of Deployed(04/03/2013, Reuters Health)
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Coping
- afterdeployment.org
(Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury)
- Coping When a Family Member Has Been Called to War(National Center for PTSD)
- Counseling(Department of Defense)
- afterdeployment.org
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Specific Conditions
- Becoming a Couple Again: How to Create a Shared Sense of Purpose After Deployment(Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress) - PDF
- Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library(Department of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center)
- Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families of Military Members(National Center for PTSD) - PDF
- Soldier and Family Guide to Redeploying(Department of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center) - PDF
- What Military Families Should Know about Depression(Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress) - PDF
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Related Issues
- Casualty Assistance(Department of Defense)
- Child Abuse(Department of Defense)
- TRICARE Eligibility(TRICARE Management Activity)
- VA Polytrauma System of Care: Family Support(Department of Veterans Affairs)
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Tutorials
- Families & Friendships(Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury)
- Families with Kids(Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury)
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Financial Issues
- TRICARE Covered Services(TRICARE Management Activity)
- TRICARE Dental Coverage(TRICARE Management Activity)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)- Article: Promoting reintegration of National Guard veterans and their partners using...
- Article: The lived experience of nurse-parents deployed to war.
- Article: Injury-related hospital admissions of military dependents compared with similarly aged...
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Directories
- Find a Doctor(TRICARE Management Activity)
- Military Families(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- National Resource Directory(Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Department of Labor)
- Resources for Wounded or Injured Servicemembers and their Families(National Military Family Association) - PDF
- TRICARE Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) Locator(TRICARE Management Activity)
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Organizations
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Law and Policy
- Benefits for Veterans' Children with Birth Defects(Department of Veterans Affairs)
- Military Families Fact Sheet(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Strengthening Our Military Families(White House)
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Children
- Coloring Book Pages for Kids(National Center for PTSD) - PDF
- Military Family Projects at Zero to Three(Zero to Three)
- Military Youth on the Move(Department of Defense)
- Parenting(Department of Defense)
- Telling a Child about Deployment(Nemours Foundation)
- When a Parent Goes to War(Nemours Foundation)
- Worrying About War(Nemours Foundation)
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Teenagers
- When Loved Ones Get Deployed(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
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Women
- TRICARE Maternity (Pregnancy) Care(TRICARE Management Activity)
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Patient Handouts
- Becoming a Couple Again: How to Create a Shared Sense of Purpose After Deployment(Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress) - PDF
- Soldier and Family Guide to Redeploying(Department of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center) - PDF
- What Military Families Should Know about Depression(Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress) - PDF
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