The impact of combat trauma across the family life cycle: Clinical considerations
✍ Scribed by Douglas J. Scaturo; Peter M. Hayman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 931 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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✦ Synopsis
Clinical erperience and research with veterans of the Secoiid World War and subsequent military conflicts have demonstrated the longstunding nature of combat-related post-traumatic stress dirorder und the reverberating effects upon the families of traumatized individuals. The con.seqrtence.s o f combat trauma during various stages of family life are discussed. SpecijcahjJ, the impact upon (a) courtship and mate selection, (b) marriage, (c) childbirth und childrearing (d) maniage in mid-life, (e) children leaving home, and (f) retirement in late life are reviewed. Final&, clinical considerations for the practice of family psychotherapy in this area are presented.