When the warrior returns : making the transition at home /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Annapolis, Md. :
Naval Institute Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- The warrior's family
- The immediate post-deployment period: deployments are hard, but homecoming can be even harder
- Life after military service: what you need to know and do to succeed as a veteran family
- Family and friends as care providers for disabled service members
- Emotions and their impact on families
- The effects of repeated deployments on warriors and families
- Building resilience in the military family during and following deployment
- Suicide and suicide prevention
- Self-medication and drug abuse
- Got kids? Parenting tips for when your warrior returns from deployment
- Children of injured military parents
- Children's reactions to deployment, reintegration, and injuries by age groups, with
- Recommendations on how to help them
- Family assistance for service members seeking employment or education
- Sex and intimacy after combat
- Female warriors
- Families of National Guard and Reserve service members
- Unmarried partners and blended families
- Appendix
- List of contributors
- Index
- Illustrations and tables
- Figures
- U.S. Army active duty suicide rates, as of November 2011: convincing evidence of the effect of multiple deployments on suicide rates, which have more than doubled from peace-time levels, rising from 9.6/100,000 in 2004 to a projected 24.6/100,000 in 2011
- Ace program card
- Suicide prevention risk factor assessment card
- The toll that multiple deployments take on service members
- The impact of arousal and anxiety on information processing efficiency and memory
- Tables
- Ways families can improve deployment resilience
- Reframing common clinical symptoms associated with depression, stress injuries, and TBI
- Drug abuse warning signs
- Comparison of academic experiences in the military and civilian environments
- Continuum of startle responses: the effects of traumatic disruption on information processing.