Military Retirement: The Retirement Syndrome
JOHN S. MCNEIL 1, and
MARTIN B. GIFFEN 1
1 Department of Psychiatry, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Aerospace Medical Division, Lackland Air Force Base, Tex. 78236
The stresses unique to military retirement are described as a growing medical and social problem. in anticipation of or following retirement from the service, the retiree may develop psychiatric symptoms or experience an exacerbation of previously resolved medical problems. The authors stress the importance of early detection and treatment of retirement maladjustment.
