Soldiers are trained to protect their country and serve it proudly. They risk their lives in dangerous situations to save others.
These experiences can have an impact on their mental health that...
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: Sex and relationships for veterans: coping with ptsd after combat experiences
To understand how soldiers reconcile the simultaneous desire for closeness and fear of vulnerability following trauma, it is important to look at their experiences during war. In battle, soldiers...
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: Veterans and posttraumatic stress disorder: exploring sex, intimacy, and relationships after battle
Soldiers face unprecedented challenges when returning home from military duty that include physical, mental, and emotional health issues. Repeated exposure to combat stress can have devastating...
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: The impact of combat stress on a soldiers emotional capacity for intimacy
During combat situations, soldiers experience extreme stress, fear, anxiety, and trauma that can have lasting impacts on their mental health and well-being. These experiences may also affect their...
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: Exploring the impacts of combat trauma on veterans sexuality and relationships
Sexual coercion refers to unwanted sexual behavior that occurs through manipulation, force, pressure, abuse, or threat of harm against another person. It may include acts such as rape, groping,...
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: The psychological impact of sexual coercion on soldiers causes, effects, and recovery strategies
Trauma-induced fragmentation is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when an individual experiences a traumatic event and their thoughts, memories, emotions, and behavior become disjointed. This...
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: Traumainduced fragmentation impact on perceived loyalty and commitment in relationships
How do partners support soldiers' reintegration into relational life after serving time in combat? This question has been asked for centuries and remains relevant today. With the growing number of...
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: Navigating military reintegration together: understanding veterans postconflict struggles and partner support.
The experience of combat stress can have significant impacts on an individual's mental health and overall wellbeing. Prolonged exposure to high levels of stress during military deployments can lead...
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: How combat stress affects emotional responsiveness and coping skills
Exposure to Combat and Sexual Functioning Post-Deployment
The psychological effects of trauma have been well documented among military personnel who served in combat zones during war.
Less...
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: Exploring the ways that combat exposure affects postdeployment sexual functioning
The term "hierarchy" refers to a system of organization in which power is distributed among individuals based on their position within the group. In the case of the military, this means that...
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: Relationships and sexuality in the military: the power dynamic between rank and intimacy