Study: Everyday Stresses For Returning Soldiers May Lead To Alcohol Abuse

Reuters (8/8, Doyle) reports normal stresses such as marriage issues for National Guard members returning home from deployment could cause them to abuse alcohol, citing a study unveiled in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. For the study, researchers recruited more than 1,000 Ohio Army National Guard soldiers who have faced deployments at least once by 2009.

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— “Stress on the civilian front tied to alcohol abuse in returning soldiers,” Kathryn Doyle, Reuters, August 7, 2014.

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