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This unique resource provides findings and insights regarding the multiple impacts of military duty on service members and veterans, specifically from a family standpoint. Broad areas of coverage include marital and family relationships, parenting issues, family effects of war injuries, and family concerns of single service members. The book´s diverse contents highlight understudied populations and topics gaining wider interest while examining the immediate and long-term impact of service on family functioning. In addition to raising awareness of issues, chapters point to potential solutions including science-based pre- and post-deployment programs, more responsive training for practitioners, and more focused research and policy directions. Among the topics covered: - Deployment and divorce: an in-depth analysis by relevant demographic and military characteristics. - Military couples and posttraumatic stress: interpersonally based behaviors and cognitions as mechanisms of individual and couple distress. - Warfare and parent care: armed conflict and the social logic of child and national protection. - Understanding the experiences of women and LGBT veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs care. - Risk and resilience factors in combat military health care providers. - Tangible, instrumental, and emotional support among homeless veterans. War and Family Life offers up-to-date understanding for mental health professionals who serve military families, both in the U.S. and abroad.

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State of Science Regarding Military-Connected Families.- Family-Related Experiences During Deployment and their Role in the Postdeployment Mental Health of OEF/OIF Veterans.- Deployment and Divorce: An In-Depth Analysis by Relevant Demographic and Military Characteristics.- Military Couples and Posttraumatic Stress: Interpersonally Based Behaviors and Cognitions as Mechanisms of Individual and Couple Distress.- War Captivity: Associations with Spouses´ Distress and Marital Relationships.- Warfare and Parent Care: Armed Conflict and the Social Logic of Child and National Protection.- Parenting styles in military and civilian families with adolescents: The impact of deployment, mood, and marital satisfaction.- Determining the Long Term Health Outcomes of Servicewomen and Female Veterans: An Australian Perspective.- Understanding the Experiences of Women and LGBT Veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs Care.- Risk and Resilience Factors in Combat Military Health Care Providers.- Gender and Marital Status in the Military: Implications for Understanding Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Symptoms.- Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse Severity on the Adjustment of Navy Recruits: An Evaluation of the Importance of the Nature of the Abusive Relationship.- Veteran Mental Health and Employment: The Nexus and Beyond.- The Role of the Military Family in the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Ill and Injured Service Members.- The Family Ties that Bind: Tangible, Instrumental, and Emotional Support among Homeless Veterans.

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