Military Veteran Reintegration

Chapter 5

Self-assessment of need for assistance with military-to-civilian transition

James M. Thompson¹, Sanela Dursun², Jennifer E.C. Lee², Alla Skomorovsky², Wendy Lockhart³, and Mary Beth MacLean^3     1Department of Public Health Sciences, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada     ²National Defence Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada     ³Veterans Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

Abstract

Military-to-civilian transition (MCT) is a challenging process to some degree for all military members, veterans (former members), and their families. Some might need prompting to seek specialized MCT supports, while others might need reassurance that they will do well with usual services. This chapter describes a tool for self-assessing need to seek MCT support ...