War and the Military Family

Manos, Gail H.

doi:10.1097/00004583-201004000-00002

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“…Continued good health is a prerequisite to remaining in service; the term 'healthy warrior' acknowledges this as a potential source of bias in studies comparing military personnel who are deployed to a war zone and those who are not deployed for health reasons 12 , although the 'healthy warrior effect' differs from the 'healthy worker effect' in that it is predominantly used to refer to psychiatric diagnoses. Larson et al suggested that the initial months of training act as a de facto screening mechanism, whereby recruits with mental illness are least likely to continue in service 13,14 . This suggestion is supported by our findings, that long-term mental health is poorest amongst those who leave the Armed Forces earliest, and that those who serve longest have a reduced risk of mental health conditions in comparison with members of the wider community.…”

Section: 'Healthy Workers' and 'Less Healthy Leavers'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes of Military Service

Bergman¹,

Mackay²,

Smith³

et al. 2016

J. Clin. Psychiatry

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Section: 'Healthy Workers' and 'Less Healthy Leavers'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes of Military Service

Bergman¹,

Mackay²,

Smith³

et al. 2016

J. Clin. Psychiatry

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“…Youths of recently deployed personnel are at high risk for diffi culties in psychological functioning (Jensen et al, 1996;Peebles-Kleiger & Kleiger, 1994;Rosen et al, 1993 (Manos, 2010) such that millions of children are living in active duty or reserve military households. Children of deployed parents are at risk for high stress and anxiety, as well as diffi culties with their parents (Gibbs et al, 2007).…”

Section: Military Dependentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial preventive interventions for obesity and eating disorders in youths

Tanofsky‐Kraff

2012

International Review of Psychiatry

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The rates of paediatric obesity have risen dramatically. Given the challenge of successful weight loss and maintenance, preventive interventions are sorely needed. Furthermore, since a substantial proportion of individuals do not respond to traditional behavioural weight loss therapy, alternative approaches are required. Psychological treatments for binge eating disorder have been generally effective at reducing binge episodes and producing weight maintenance or modest weight loss in obese adults. Given the strong link between loss of control eating and obesity in youths, binge eating disorder treatment may serve as a viable form of excess weight gain prevention. An adapted version of interpersonal psychotherapy for binge eating disorder is one such intervention that we have considered. A description of the theoretical basis and proposed mechanism is described. Adaptations of interpersonal psychotherapy and other established therapies for binge eating disorder may serve as platforms from which to develop and disseminate obesity and eating disorder prevention programs in children and adolescents.

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“…Lester et al (2010), on the other hand, suggest that girls may externalize more than boys during deployment, with boys struggling more upon return and reintegration in ''adjusting to reduced autonomy and increased structure'' (p. 318). Manos (2010) takes the aforementioned evidence into consideration when noting that girls may indeed struggle more with behavioral problems overall than boys. Still, others have found that girls may struggle more with reintegration (RAND Corporation 2009), a phase that may be more difficult than sustainment (Huebner et al 2007).…”

Section: Effects Of Deploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A brief review of the literature reveals that employment and higher level of parental education (Flake et al 2009), parental adjustment and mental health (Lester et al 2010;Manos 2010;Chandra et al 2010), parental value of a child's education (Chandra et al 2010), parental support for children (Morris and Age 2009), appropriate communication around deployment (Huebner and Mancini 2010), clarity around issues of control (i.e., what can and cannot be changed; Huebner et al 2007) and the meaning attributed to deployment (Antonovsky and Sourani 1988;Wiens and Boss 2006;Mabe 2009;Lapp et al 2010) are all important variables in determining how a family responds to the pile-up of stressors associated with deployment. Wiens and Boss (2006) also suggest that family preparedness for deployment, flexible gender roles, and active coping strategies can increase a family's resilience during deployment.…”

Section: Protective Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Family Therapy with Military Families Experiencing Deployment

Hollingsworth

2011

Contemp Fam Ther

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The length and frequency of deployments in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are associated with increased vulnerability for both part-and full-time military families who stand to benefit from systems-oriented practice by marriage and family therapists. Community Family Therapy (CFT) is a modality designed to promote resilience both within and beyond the four walls of the therapy room, facilitate family connections in the community, and empower them for local leadership. The effects of deployment on families are summarized and CFT principles are adapted as a framework for intervention with this population.Keywords Community engagement Á Deployment Á Family therapy Á Military familiesIn over 9 years of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), including Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), more than 1.8 million United States service men and women have been deployed overseas (RAND Corporation 2009), leaving behind a staggering number of loved ones, including parents, spouses, partners, and children. In the last few years, research on the effects of a previously unforeseeable number of deployments and increased operations tempo on military families has expanded rapidly. There are still numerous gaps, such as program evaluation (Griffith 2010), clarification of risk versus resilience (Ternus 2010), variations of deployment effects based on gender, and developmental differences of children (Chandra et al. 2010;Chartrand et al. 2008;Lester et al. 2010).One significant and practical gap concerns how civilian counselors and therapists can more effectively intervene with military families in this situation. In this article I address the unique role that marriage and family therapists (MFTs) can play in promoting

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War and the Military Family

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes of Military Service

Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes of Military Service

Psychosocial preventive interventions for obesity and eating disorders in youths

Community Family Therapy with Military Families Experiencing Deployment

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