Provides information on the US military structure and culture, to increase understanding of the ways a community-based provider can begin to work with veterans and their families.
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Discusses the combat/operational stress continuum (COSC) and Combat/Operational Stress First Aid (COSFA) in the US Navy and US Marine Corps.
Provides an overview of services available to veterans and their families. This webinar offers resources and supportive practices for family members who serve as caregivers to psychologically and physically injured veterans.
Features a first-person interview with Jeanne Sherman, MEd, CAGS, LMHC, whose efforts on behalf of military veterans and families in Rhode Island earned her the VFW Community Service Award in May of 2015.
Discusses cultural considerations when providing mental health care to members of the military, veterans, and their families.
Provides medical providers with information about traumatic grief in military children.
Offers information on childhood traumatic grief. This fact sheet provides descriptions of childhood traumatic grief, normal or typical grief, and what to do for childhood traumatic grief.
Describes the challenges associated with going to and returning from war for service members, including the many paradoxes that prevent getting help.
Provides an overview of the issues of child maltreatment and military sexual trauma in military settings.
Provides a framework for interventions that serve the mental health needs of military children.