Chapter 6

Challenging missions: vulnerable veterans leaving the armed forces and promising avenues to support them

Jacco Duel1, Lauren Godier-McBard2, Mary Beth MacLean3, and Matt Fossey2     1Netherlands Veterans Institute, Doorn, the Netherlands     2Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom     3Veterans Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

Abstract

Most service members who leave the armed forces do well after the military-to-civilian transition. However, some veterans are less fortunate. They experience difficulties during their transition out of the military that result in impaired quality of life due to physical or psychological health problems, financial problems, ...

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