Military REACH Review | May 2022 Newsletter
- The impact of having a child with special healthcare needs on length of military service (Perkins et al., 2022)
- Adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and relationship satisfaction in military couples (Khalifian et al., 2022)
- Families serve too: Military spouse well-being after separation from active-duty service (Corry et al., 2022)
- Associations of humor, morale, and unit cohesion on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (Ward et al., 2021)
- Deployment preparation, family functioning, and PTSD in returning veterans (Blessing et al., 2020)
- Teaching military cultural competency to clinicians and clinical students: Assessing impact and effectiveness (Isserman & Martin, 2021)
- Two perspectives on accommodation of PTSD symptoms: Partners versus service members (Kenny et al., 2021)
- We’re stronger together: A collaboration to support military families during the COVID-19 pandemic (Urbieta et al., 2021)
- Prospective mental health effects of intimate partner stalking among women veterans (Davin et al., 2021)
- VA family service access and utilization in a national sample of veterans (McKee et al., 2022)
- Veteran families with complex needs: A qualitative study of the veterans’ support system (Maguire et al., 2022)
- Examination of the interaction between parental military-status and race among non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White adolescents with overweight/obesity (Higgins Neyland et al., 2022)
A review of evidence-based strategies to help military families navigate deployment (Military REACH, 2022)
In this report, the Military REACH team defines and describes the stages of deployment and summarizes practical, evidence-based strategies to assist military families, service providers, and military leaders enhance family well-being across the deployment cycle.
- - The nuances between Reserve and National Guard;
- - What life is like for families in the Reserves or National Guard;
- - How the community can support Research and National Guard families.
The same, but different: Living between two worlds while hidden in plain sight
Amber Beales , LCSW, MAC
Army Reserve Family Programs Director, 81st Readiness Division Region 5
In this piece, Amber discusses...
In sickness & in health: Promoting healthy lifestyles for military spouses
Amanda Jane Pride & Lindsey Bagwell, Military REACH
Undergraduate Research Assistants
In this article, the team discusses health-related struggles that military spouses may experience (e.g., exercise, stress management), and they provide suggestions for ways to incorporate activities into their lives to promote a healthier lifestyle.
As of 2020, there were over 950,000 military spouses of Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve members; 88.8% are female with an average age of 33.7 years old.