Readjustment after Deployment

Articles and Links

• 1 in 8 returning soldiers suffers from PTSD - MSNBC

• A Guide for SPOUSES of Service Members Returning from Deployment - United States Department of the Navy and Naval District Washington

• Advice for Stepparents When their Spouse is being Deployed - Stepfamily Association of America

• American Red Cross - Services for the Military

• Combat Duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mental Health Problems, and Barriers to Care - The New England Journal of Medicine - Full Document - (Adobe Acrobat Required)

• Combat stress: The war within - CNN

• Coming Home Readjustment Program (CHRP) - Australian Defence Force Mental Health Strategy

• Coping When a Family Member is Deployed - National Center for PTSD

• Coping with Traumatic Stress - National Center for PTSD - (Adobe Acrobat Required)

• 'Courage to Care' Launches Help for Returning Combatants, Families - American Forces Press Service

• Deployment and Family Separation: An Annotated Bibliography - Military Family Research Institute

• DeploymentKids.com

• Deployment Diary Message Board for Military Families - Military Family Research Institute

• Deployment Guide for Families of Deploying Soldiers - HOOAH 4 Health Media Center

• Deployment News - Department of Defense (DoD) Post-Deployment Health

• Deployment Support Resources - Military Family Research Institute

• Deployment Tough On Marriages–More Spouse Support Needed

• Family Separation and Readiness - Air Force Crossroads

• Guard & Reserve - Family Readiness Programs Toolkit - Reserve Affairs

• Homecoming after Deployment - National Center for PTSD

• Homecoming after deployment:  Tips for reunion - William Beaumont Army Medical Center

• Less Than Half of Soldiers With Mental Health Problems Seek Treatment - (Adobe Acrobat Required)

• Military Pay Regulation - Department of Defense (DOD) Pay Regulation - DOD

• Mobilization and Deployment - Military Family Resource Center

• New Booklet Helps Guard, Reserve Kids During Deployment - Military Child Education Coalition

• Official Urges More Balanced Treatment for Reserve Components - Military Family Research Institute

• One in six U.S. veterans of Iraq war suffers trauma disorders - Joanne Laurier

• Operation Purple Offers Free Summer Camps to Military Kids - National Military Family Association

• Post-deployment tough on families - Chaplains offer help after return - Spc. Brian Trapp, Bayonet staff

• Psychology in the War Zone - Capt. Jeffrey Goodie, Ph.D

• PTSD and Problems with Alcohol Use - National Center for PTSD

• VET CENTERS - Readjustment Counseling Services - DVA

• Readjustment, reconnecting after deployment - Pointer View

• Reserve Affairs - Deployment Health Support

• Resources for Post-Deployment - Department of Defense (DoD) Post-Deployment Health (PDHealth.mil)

• Restoring the Family Unit - University of Michigan Health System

• Return and Reunion: Members Returning from Deployment

• Return and Reunion:  Parents, Extended Family Members and Friends of Returning Service Members

• Return and Reunion:  Spouse of Returning Servicemember

• SaveOurVets.com - is dedicated to the raising of awareness of the Plight of our Veterans trying to get help through the VA system! And to educate the American Public to the existence of the Vet Center program with the intent of procuring additional funding to Save Our Veterans!!!

• Senate Passes Measure Providing Loan Relief to Military Personnel, Others - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

• Servicemember's Guide

• The Deployment Cycle - After Deployment - Esquimalt Military Family
  Resource Centre

• The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: A Military Family Perspective - HOOAH 4 Health Media Center

• TRICARE/VA Information - Deployment Health Support

• Suicide and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• VA Services for Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom - DVA

• Veterans Affairs Reaches Out to Newest Combat Veterans - Military Family Research Institute

• VetGuide - Office of Personnel Management

• War vets suffering stress, study says Pentagon testing new treatments - SFGATE.Com

• War Zone Related Stress Reactions For Families

• When Loved Ones in the Military are Deployed - Magellan Health Services

• Women Veteran's Information  - DVA

Forums and Support Groups

• Living With PTSD - Online support group for those of us who love someone with PTSD

• The Aftermath of War - Safe Haven of Support for those whose battles live on in the aftermath of war.

Resources

• Military Chaplain Associated Services - Readjustment Resource for the 21st Century Global War on Terror Veterans