Thursday, August 13, 2009

Stress of war takes mental toll on military kids - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com

Stress of war takes mental toll on military kids - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com: "The years-long U.S. commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan is taking a significant toll on the children of service members, who are 2½ times more likely to develop psychological problems than American children in general, new research indicates.

The study, published this week in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, found that deployment of a parent was correlated to high stress levels in the parent who remains at home, which it said was linked to greater psychological impact on children.

The findings open a new window on the collateral damage wartime deployment can exact back at home."

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