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Kids of Deployed Parents May Face Mental Health Risks

(5/24/2011)

By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay News
May 20, 2011

Children whose parents are deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq face a higher risk of psychiatric problems requiring hospitalization, a new study indicates. Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences tracked over 375,000 children, aged 9 to 17, whose parents were on active duty between 2007 and 2009. "There was a 10 percent increased risk of hospitalization among children 9 to 17 whose parents were deployed," said Dr. Jeffrey Millegan, disaster and preventive psychiatry fellow at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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Keywords: kids, deployed parents, mental health, risks

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