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The impact of combat trauma across the family life cycle: Clinical considerations
Author(s) -
Scaturo Douglas J.,
Hayman Peter M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490050212
Subject(s) - psychology , courtship , family life , posttraumatic stress , psychiatry , clinical psychology , sociology , gender studies , paleontology , biology
Clinical experience and research with veterans of the Second World War and subsequent military conflicts have demonstrated the longstanding nature of combat‐related post‐traumatic stress disorder and the reverberating effects upon the families of traumatized individuals. The consequences of combat trauma during various stages of family life are discussed. Specifically, the impact upon (a) courtship and mate selection, (b) marriage, (c) childbirth and childrearing, (d) marriage in mid‐life, (e) children leaving home, and (f) retirement in late life are reviewed. Finally, clinical considerations for the practice of family psychotherapy in this area are presented.