A study was done correlating the amount of a military child’s moves and mental health. “The military children who moved in 2008 were significantly more likely to have a mental health care visit in 2009 than military children who did not move.”(Mental Health) Now the difficulty of moving is not just stress, it can cause serious mental health issues, like anxiety, depression, attention deficit, and even suicidal actions. As military children move so much, they are typically expected to do well with moves just because they relocate so often. “This increase in mental health problems was somewhat surprising, given previous research has suggested that children of military families do very well psychologically with geographic moves.” (Mental Health)
