INFO: Free webinar on Military Service in the Life Course

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FREE Webinar: Friday September 21, 2012 from 1-2 pm (EST)

Military Service in the Life Course:

Implications for Later-Life Health and Well-Being

 

This webinar highlights the pressing need for a lifespan approach to the effects of military service that considers positive and negative effects. The first two speakers will focus on Vietnam veterans. Anica Pless Kaiser will examine how captivity stressors, mental health, and individuals' background characteristics were related to mental health 30 years after repatriation. Jeanne Mager Stellman will examine current health among women veterans in relation to warzone stress, and consider whether posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms mediated the effects of warzone stress on mental and physical health. In contrast, Jennifer Moye will examine a diverse group of veterans, drawing on theories of posttraumatic growth to explore whether the combunation of combat exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in early life affect coping with cancer in later life. Finally, Richard A. Settersten, Jr. will examine how World War II veterans appraised specific dimensions of military service after the war and over 40 years later, as well as later-life reflections on the role of military service in their life course. In sum, these talks will illustrate how the impact of potentially traumatic experiences in early life can reverberate throughout life, particularly their long-term effects (positive as well as negative) on physical and mental health. With the growing number of veterans in societies today, these talks will reveal that some, but not all, may well carry their burdens of military service long after they have laid down their weapons.

Guests:

• Avron Spiro III, VA Boston Healthcare System
• Anica Pless Kaiser, VA Boston Healthcare System
• Jeanne Mager Stellman, Columbia University
• Jennifer Moye, VA Boston Healthcare System
• Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Oregon State University
  

Register now for this free live webinar!

 

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