This Month in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Abstract
Effect of Parents' Wartime Deployment on the Behavior of Young Children in Military Families While many studies have focused on the mental health of soldiers returning from active duty, little attention has been paid to the emotional and behavioral consequences of such deployment on their children. Chartrand and colleagues examined the mental health of children aged 1½ to 5 years in military families. Despite relatively short deployments (mean, 3.9 months), children 3 years of age...