Mental problems of U.S. soldiers' kids tied to wars

[pinboy3niner]

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON | Mon Jul 4, 2011 10:48pm BST


(Reuters) - The longer U.S. soldiers were deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the more likely their children would be diagnosed with mental health problems, according to a study published Monday.


The study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, analyzed medical records of 307,520 children of active-duty Army personnel, aged 5 to 17 years old. It found almost 17 percent of them exhibited mental health problems.


"Children of parents who spent more time deployed between 2003 and 2006 fared worse than children whose parents were deployed for a shorter duration," the study's researchers wrote.

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The children whose parents deployed at least once, for an average of 11 months, as part of the U.S. Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan were especially likely to suffer from adjustment, behavioural, depressive or stress disorders than those whose parents never went to war, the study found.

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/04/uk-military-idUKTRE76353420110704

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. People should try draw therapy with these kids

I am betting they will see what kids in warzones also draw, why people are indeed hurt, and not just in the front lines.

[Cereal Kyller]

2. Of course!

If Mommy and/or Daddy are messed up, what chance does a KID have???