Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wadsworth, Shelley MacDermid (Editor), Riggs, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Public health.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Family.; Public Health.

Among the costs of the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are the human losses -- over 5,000 dead and over 35,000 wounded. Additionally, service personnel often return with traumatic brain injuries, missing limbs, and severe psychological disorders. All of this exacerbates the stress that family m...