Frumpy: Try reading some of this literature first:
"Anhedonia and emotional numbing in combat veterans with PTSD" by Kashdan, Elhai, & Frueh, in Behaviour Research and Therapy, March 2006, vol. 44, #3, pp. 457-467.
"Clinician to Frontline Soldier: A Look at the Roles and Challenges of Army Clinical Psychologists in Iraq" by Moore & Reger in Journal of Clinical Psychology, March, 2006, vol 62, #3, pp. 395-403.
"Combat effects on mental health: The more things change, the more they remain the same" by Pitman, Archives of General Psychiatry, February, 2006, vol. 63, #2, pp. 127-128.
"Combat Exposure, Perceived Benefits of Military Service, and Wisdom in Later Life: Findings From the Normative Aging Study" by Jennings, Aldwin, Levenson, Spiro, & Mroczek in Research on Aging, January, 2006, vol. 28, #1, pp.115-134.
"Counseling military families" by Rotter & Boveja in Family Journal-Counseling & Therapy for Couples & Families, October, 1999, vol. 7, #4, pp. 379-382.
"Decreased Anterior Cingulate Volume in Combat-Related PTSD" by Woodward, Kaloupek, Streeter, Martinez, Schaer, & Eliez in Biological Psychiatry, April, 2006, vol. 59, #7, pp. 582-587.
Emotional Cycle of Deployment: A Military Family Perspective: This online article, written by military psychiatrists, discussed how the "emotional cycle of an extended deployment, six months or greater, is readily divided into five distinct stages. These stages are comprised as follows: pre-deployment, deployment, sustainment, re-deployment and post-deployment. Each stage is characterized both by a time frame and specific emotional challenges, which must be dealt with and mastered by each of the family members."
"Environmental, lifestyle, and psychological factors in the health and well-being of military families" by Paulus, Nagar, Larey, & Camacho in Journal of Applied Social Psychology, December, 1996, vol. 26, #3, pp. 2053-2075.
"Families of prisoners of war held in Vietnam: A seven-year study" by Hunter in Evaluation & Program Planning, 1986, vol. 9, #3, pp. 243-251.
"Families under war: Stresses and strains of Israeli families during the Gulf War" by Lavee & Ben-David in Journal of Traumatic Stress, April, 1993, vol. 6, #2, pp. 239-254.
"Family crisis intervention by phone: Intervention with families during the Gulf War" by Shamai in Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, July, 1994, vol. 20, #3, pp. 317-323.
"Family Violence in the Military: A Review of the Literature" by Rentz, Martin, Gibbs, Clinton-Sherrod, Hardison, & Marshall, in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, April, 2006, vol. 7, #2, pp. 93-108.
"Friends and caring professionals as important support for survivors of war and torture" by Behnia in International Journal of Mental Health, Winter, 2001-2002, vol. 30, #4, pp. 3-18.
"Group therapy for partners of combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder" by Armstrong & Rose in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, October-December, 1997, vol. 33, #4, pp. 14-18.
"Impact of combat trauma across the family life cycle: Clinical considerations" by Scaturo & Hayman in Journal of Traumatic Stress, April, 1992, vol. 5, #2, pp. 273-288.
"Impact of the threat of war on children in military families" by Ryan-Wenger in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, April, 2001, vol. 71, #2, pp. 236-244.
"Impact of war on the physical and mental health of the family: The Lebanese experience" by Farhood, Zurayk, Chaya, Saadeh, & colleagues in Social Science & Medicine, June, 1993, vol. 36, #12, pp. 1555-1567.
"Involving families in the treatment of combat reactions" by Levy & Neumann in Journal of Family Therapy, May, 1987, vol. 9, #2, pp. 177-188.
Iraq War Clinician Guide, 2nd Edition: This is a complete online book developed by members of the National Center for PTSD and the Department of Defense. It is addressed specifically to clinicians and focuses on the unique needs of veterans of the Iraq war.
"Key Elements in Couples Therapy With Veterans With Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" by Sherman, Zanotti, & Jones in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, December, 2005, vol. 36, #6, pp. 626-633.
"Marital intimacy, family support, and secondary traumatization: A study of wives of veterans with combat stress reaction" by Mikulincer, Florian, & Solomon in Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal, September, 1995, vol. 8, #3, pp. 203-213.
"Mental health problems, use of mental health services, and attrition from military service after returning from deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan" by Hoge, Auchterlonie, & Milliken in JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, March, 2006, vol. 295, #9, pp. 1023-1032.
"Navy mothers experiencing and not experiencing deployment: Reasons for staying in or leaving the military" by Kelley, Hock, Bonney, Jarvis, Smith, & Gaffney in Military Psychology, January, 2001, vol. 13, #1m pp. 55-71.
"Neuropsychological Outcomes of Army Personnel Following Deployment to the Iraq War" by Jennifer J. Vasterling, PhD; Susan P. Proctor, DSc; Paul Amoroso, MD, MPH; Robert Kane, PhD; Timothy Heeren, PhD; and Roberta F. White, PhD, in Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2, 2006, vol. 296, #5, pp. 519-129.
"'Out of sight' but not 'out of mind': Parent contact and worry among senior ranking male officers in the military who live long distances from parents" by Parker, Dunkle, & Vaitkus in Military Psychology, October, 2002, vol. 14, #4, pp. 257-277.
"Perceived sexual-orientation-based harassment in military and civilian contexts" by Moradi, in Military Psychology, 2006, vol. 18, #1, pp. 39-60.
"Plasma Neuropeptide Y Concentrations in Combat Exposed Veterans: Relationship to Trauma Exposure, Recovery from PTSD, and Coping" by Yehuda, Brand, & Yang, in Biological Psychiatry, April, 2006, vol. 59, #7, pp. 660-663.
"Psychological adjustment of Navy mothers experiencing deployment" by Kelley, Hock, Jarvis, Smith, Gaffney, & Bonney in Military Psychology, July, 2002, vol. 14, #3, pp. 99-216
"Recent sexual abuse, physical abuse, and suicide attempts among male veterans seeking psychiatric treatment" by Tiet, Finney, & Moos, in Psychiatric Services, January, 2006, vol. 57, #1, pp. 107-113.
"Secondary traumatization among wives of posttraumatic combat veterans: A family typology" by Waysman, Mikulincer, Solomon, & Weisenberg in Journal of Family Psychology, June, 1993, vol. 7, #1, pp. 104-118.
"Service Delivery in a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" World: Ethical Care of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Military Personnel" by Johnson & Burhke in Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, February, 2006, vol. 37, #1, pp. 91-98.
"Social anxiety and posttraumatic stress in combat veterans: Relations to well-being and character strengths" by Kashdan, Julian, Merritt, & Uswatte, in Behaviour Research and Therapy, April, 2006, vol. 44, #4, pp. 561-583.
"Soldiers who kill themselves: The contribution of dispositional and situational factors" by Bodner, Ben-Artzi, & Kaplan, in Archives of Suicide Research, 2006, vol. 10, #1, pp. 29-43.
"Survival Analyses of Social Support and Trauma Among Homeless Male and Female Veterans Who Abuse Substances" by Benda in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, January, 2006, vol. 76, #1, pp. 70-79.
"Systematic assessment of mental health following various types of posttrauma support" by Larsson, Michel, & Lundin in Military Psychology, April, 2000, vol. 12, #2, pp.121-135.
"Taking care of our military families" by Neubauer & Neubauer in Families, Systems & Health in Spring, 1997, vol. 15, #1, pp. 79-83.
"The effect of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder on the family" by Solomon in Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes, August, 1988, vol. 5, #3, pp. 323-329.
"Total force and the new American military family: Implications for social work practice" by Knox & Price in Families in Society, March-April, 1999. vol. 80, #2, pp. 128-136.
"Treating combat-related stress disorders: A multiple case study utilizing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with battlefield casualties from the Iraqi War" by Russell in Military Psychology, 2006, vol. 18, #1, pp. 1-18.
"Understanding and treating post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in female partners of veterans with PTSD" by Nelson & Wright in Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, October, 1996, vol. 22, #4, pp. 455-467.
"Violence and hostility among families of Vietnam veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder" by Glenn, Beckham, Feldman, Kirby, Hertzberg, & Moore in Violence & Victims, August, 2002, vol. 17, #4, pp. 473-489.
"Virtual reality exposure for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder" by Ready, Pollack, Rothbaum, & Alarcon, in Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 2006, vol. 12, #1-2, pp. 199-220.
"War and the family" by Schwab, Ice, Stephenson, Raymer, and colleagues in Stress Medicine, April, 1995, vol. 11, #2, pp. 131-137.
"When war comes to men's lives: Life-course patterns in family, work, and health" by Elder, Shanahan, & Clipp in Psychology & Aging, March, 1994, vol. 9, #1, pp. 5-16.
"Work-family conflicts of women in the Air Force: Their influence on mental health and functioning" by Vinokur, Pierce, & Buck in Journal of Organizational Behavior, November, 1999, vol. 20, #6, pp. 865-878.
"Working with the bereaved: U.S. Army experiences with nontraditional families" by Ender & Hermsen in Death Studies, November-December, 1996, vol. 20, #6, pp. 557-575.
