title: The challenges of reintegration for service members and their families.
abstract: The ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have posed a number of reintegration challenges to service members. Much of the research focuses on those service members experiencing psychological problems and being treated at the VA. In this article, we contend that much of the distress service members experience occurs following deployment and is a consequence of the difficulties encountered during their efforts to successfully reintegrate into their families and communities. We propose a new conceptual framework for intervening in this reintegration distress that is psycho-educational in nature as well as a new delivery model for providing such services. An example of this new intervention framework is presented.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Danish
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Antonides
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare
keywords: Veterans Administration; combat stress; combat veterans; deployment; military culture; military families; posttraumatic stress disorder; reintegration; wounded U.S. service members