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Background: As a result of recent policy change, National Guard and active-duty Reserve service members now have parity with combat veterans to obtain therapy for symptoms arising as a result of their activation for service on homefront missions. Observations: Because the authority to treat soldiers serving on homefront missions is new, this article offers suggestions for service delivery to best meet the needs of this population. Conclusions: Now that National Guard and Reserve component soldiers who have responded to national and local emergencies are eligible for therapy, we need to be prepared to provide these services. In addition to addressing systemic staffing concerns, therapists need to be aware of the unique challenges faced by those who have served on homefront missions.
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Working with patients with substance abuse disorders is challenging but rewarding when a practitioner embraces cognitive reframing to become more effective in the field and avoid burnout.
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Mothers of young children recently placed in foster care participated in an intervention to enhance parent-child interaction during visits. The mothers all reported substantial loss and trauma histories. Immediately prior to the visits, the mothers were coached on strategies for separating from their children at the visit's end. The mothers displayed more behavioral strategies for supporting their children when the visit was over, but were less engaged with their children during the leave-taking sequence and displayed fewer ways of maintaining the child's involvement in mother-child interaction during leave-taking than those in a comparison group. This article discusses consideration of parents' trauma history in designing interventions to enhance parent-child interaction.
