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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
When a military parent is deployed, children feel it, and their feelings can show themselves in a lot of ways. Because deployment can be a necessary part of military life, helping the child can be necessary, too. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Ruth Perou:
``Children can experience emotional and behavioral difficulties, such as sadness, anxiety, and anger. Deployment can negatively impact school performance, peer relationships, parent-child interaction, and sleep patterns.'' (11 seconds)
Perou says military families might have cultural attitudes against seeking mental health services, or might not be aware of them. So she says health care providers - including those in the civilian sector - might need to see if they need help, and encourage them to get it.
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HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss.