Our past lessons from war trauma have taught us that mental health-care stigma and other issues surrounding mental health–seeking behaviors can negatively impact the healing trajectory and long-term function for service members and their families. It can take years to decades before a service member seeks professional help for psychological distress, if he or she seeks it at all. Unfortunately, signs of personal and family problems can be subtle, and consequences, such as suicide, tragic. In this chapter, we consider the story one military health-care provider submitted in response to a study solicitation that read:
Family Impact of Military Mental Health Stigma: A Narrative Ethical Analysis
