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Kids of Deployed Soldiers May Face More Mental Health Woes

(11/10/2010)

By Maureen Salamon
Health Day News
November 8, 2010

Mental and behavioral problems cause children of U.S. soldiers deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones to need considerably more outpatient medical visits than those with non-deployed parents, a new study suggests.

View the article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20101108/hl_hsn/kidsofdeployedsoldiersmayfacemorementalhealthwoes

Keywords: kids, deployed soldiers, mental health, problems

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