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This chapter provides a literature review of postdeployment stressors and their effects and explores the potential value of adding a transition period between the operational environment and the “home front”. The organized transition period between the end of a military operation and the homecoming is known as Third Location Decompression (TLD), a promising means of providing better psychosocial support to troops returning from difficult dangerous and potentially traumatic operation theatres. TLD programs aim to combine postmission debriefing, psychosocial adjustment, mental and physical relaxation, sense giving, and mental health psychoeducation in a location that is safe and comfortable. This chapter will focus on the key features of various TLD programs utilized with troops that have been deployed in different theatres in Afghanistan. We also review the antecedents, correlates, and outcomes of postmission adjustment during and after military peacekeeping or war operations, with a focus on the role of traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder in readjustment and readaptation of troops after long-term deployment. Last, we will discuss the implementation of TLD programs in several NATO countries (i.e. Belgium) and assess the evidence for their effectiveness in facilitating healthy adjustment and homecoming. |
