Family and Friends

This section provides information about the effects of trauma on families, children, relationships, and communities.

• Child Sexual Abuse
  Information on the effects of child sexual abuse, and what you can do to help keep children safe.
• Community Violence: Effects of Children and Teens
  Describes how neighborhood violence effects young people, and gives resources that can help.
• Effects of PTSD on Family
  Common reactions of family when a member has PTSD.
• Helping a Family Member Who Has PTSD
  Ways you can help a loved one with PTSD and ways you can help yourself.
• Help Your Veteran Get Needed Care
  Learn how you can help family and friends who are Veterans seek care.
• Media Coverage of Traumatic Events
  Learn how media (news, movies, etc.) can affect your stress level or harm children, and read about how to reduce bad effects.
• Partners of Veterans with PTSD: Common Problems
  Common problems in relationships where one or both partners has PTSD.
• PTSD in Children and Teens
  An overview of how traumatic experiences affect children and teenagers. Provides information on treatment.
• Relationships and PTSD
  Describes how trauma reactions can sometimes get in the way of closeness and connecting with others.
• Return from War
  Page of resources with information about deployment for families and children of service members. Resources include full-color booklets, interactive videos, and fact sheets.
• Terrorist Attacks and Children: Information for Caregivers
  Discusses how children respond to events of terrorism, and tips for what caregivers can do.
• Very Young Trauma Survivors: The Role of Attachment
  Discusses trauma in infants and young children, with a special focus on the role of child-caregiver attachment.
• When a Child's Parent Has PTSD
  Explains the common problems experienced by children of Veterans or other adults with PTSD. Provides recommendations for how to cope with these difficulties.