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Families of returned defence force personnel: a changing landscape of challenges
1Senior Research Fellow in Trauma and Mental Health, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Australia Randwick, NSW, and; St John of God Healthcare, Richmond Hospital, Australia d.berle@unsw.edu.au.
Objective:
This paper aims to identify the key challenges experienced by the families of defence force personnel following deployment.
Method:
We undertook a selective review of four post-deployment challenges to the families of defence force personnel: (1) changes to relationships; (2) changes to family member roles and responsibilities; (3) adjustment of children and parenting challenges; and (4) anger, family conflict and violence. Emerging issues in the area of post-deployment adjustment are also discussed.
Results:
Empirical studies of post-deployment family adjustment are lacking. Each of the reviewed challenges can contribute to psychological difficulties and precipitate contact with mental health services.
Conclusions:
The challenges faced by defence force personnel when returning from deployment arise within a family context. Clinicians should thoroughly assess these factors in families following deployment, but also recognise family strengths and resilience to these challenges.
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