Being a military child in Denmark: Young people’s experiences of living with a parent with PTSD

Abstract

This article describes the impact parental combat related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has on children and young people from military families, their relationships within their family dyad, their emotional health and well-being and their social connectedness. Moreover, this article, aims to understand the lived experiences of children and young people from military families to understand the impact the emotional health and well-being of military connected children and young people during a five-day residential camp in Denmark ran by Støt Soldater & Pårørende (SSOP) a charity who provide psychosocial intervention to support the emotional well-being, decision-making, confidence, resilience and self-esteem of military children and young people.