Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers

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Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers

May 27, 2018 | Posted by ICAMH.org@gmail.com |

Fear, N., Reed, R., Rowe, S., Burdett, H., Pernet, D., Mahar, A., . . . Wessely, S. (2018). The British Journal of Psychiatry, 212(6), 347-355. doi:10.1192/bjp.2017.16

Despite concern about the potential impact of military deployment on families, this study of over 600 children whose fathers were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan found that most were not at increased risk of mental health problems. Only boys under 11 years of age whose fathers developed PTSD were found to be at increased risk of hyperactivity.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/impact-of-paternal-deployment-to-the-conflicts-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-and-paternal-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-on-the-children-of-military-fathers/0175F9117E1BFA4136C28F2DB7A3BD6C

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Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers

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