Adolescent boys among those most affected by Washington state parental military deployment, study suggests
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
In 2007, nearly two million children in the United States had at least one parent serving in the military. Military families and children, in particular, suffer from mental health problems related to long deployments. A new study suggests that parental military deployment is associated with impaired well-being among adolescents, especially adolescent boys.