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Article: Abt Associates Team to Assess Impact of War Zone Deployment on Mental Health and Functioning of Military Families.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- October 17, 2009
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The U.S. Army Medical Research Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, has awarded Abt Associates a 4-year, $5 million contract to study the effects of the war zone deployment of U.S. military service members on the mental health and related outcomes of their spouses and family members.
In recent decades, mental health and related outcomes for U.S. military service members following war zone deployment have been documented for many conflicts, beginning with Vietnam and continuing through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, much less attention has been given to the effect of service member deployment on spouses, children and other family members who ...