Tag: military trauma treatment

Combat-Related Trauma Assessment and Treatment Military personnel and their families are exposed to diverse stressors that challenge their psychological wellbeing.  These stressors include frequent relocations, deployments, separations from their families for extended periods of time, and subsequent reintegration, as well as physical and psychological traumas experienced in combat.  The common mental health issues associated with military trauma include posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, depression, grief, substance use disorder, and intimate partner violence or child abuse.  Identifying the major tasks that military families face during reintegration of a returning service member allows the therapist a broader comprehension of its implications for all ... Read more