Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 310-320 , April 2010

The Long War and Parental Combat Deployment: Effects on Military Children and At-Home Spouses

  • Patricia Lester, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Patricia Lester, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-159, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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  • Kris Peterson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Madigan Army Medical Center
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  • James Reeves, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Naval Medical Center San Diego
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  • Larry Knauss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Madigan Army Medical Center
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  • Dorie Glover, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
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  • Catherine Mogil, Psy.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
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  • Naihua Duan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University
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  • William Saltzman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
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  • Robert Pynoos, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
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  • Katherine Wilt, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
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  • William Beardslee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

,Accepted 15 January 2010.

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    Prevalence of clinically significant child symptoms as a function of parent deployment status.

    Prevalence of clinically significant child symptoms as a function of parent deployment status.

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    Prevalence of clinically significant at-home civilian parent distress as a function of deployment status; Note: PTSS = posttraumatic stress symptoms based on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (PDS)

    Prevalence of clinically significant at-home civilian parent distress as a function of deployment status; Note: PTSS = posttraumatic stress symptoms based on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (PDS) symptom severity. Anxiety significantly different at p = .04.

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    Child Behavior Checklist externalizing symptoms as a function of gender and parent deployment status.

    Child Behavior Checklist externalizing symptoms as a function of gender and parent deployment status.

 This article is discussed in an editorial by Dr. Gail Manos on page 297.

 This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute for Child and Human Development (R03 HD049451).

 The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. The investigators have adhered to the policies for protection of human subjects as prescribed in 45 CFR 46.

 Disclosure: Drs. Lester, Peterson, Reeves, Knauss, Glover, Mogil, Duan, Saltzman, Pynoos, and Beardslee, and Ms. Wilt report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00077-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.01.003

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 310-320 , April 2010

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