MCEC: Combat Veteran Paradox
Describes the challenges associated with going to and returning from war for service members, including the many paradoxes that prevent getting help.
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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.
Interviews COL Rick Campise and Mary “Tib” Campise about the challenges to parenting among military members due to the stress of deployment and prolonged separation.
Describes services that are available for military members including evidence-based interventions developed by the NCTSN and ZERO TO THREE.
Discusses cultural considerations when providing mental health care to members of the military, veterans, and their families.

Addresses the complex issues and critical needs surrounding young traumatized children in the child welfare system and those who care for them.

Outlines and describes The 12 Core Concepts: Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families.

Provides guidance to judges and attorneys on how to recognize trauma and its effects on birth parents. This fact sheet helps judges and attorneys recognize the potential impact of trauma on parenting.

Provides suggestions that resource parents can use to recognize how trauma may have impacted the way birth parents parent.

Describes the prevalence of trauma exposure and service use among NCTSN children in the Core Data Set and offers the study's results, recommendations, and policy implications.

Describes the complex trauma and mental health of children placed in foster care among NCTSN care recipients as well as policy recommendations.