Table of Contents:
  • The world of the military
  • The importance of understanding military culture / Lynn K. Hall
  • No one leaves unchanged : insights for civilian mental health care professionals into the military experience and culture / Jose E. Coll, Eugenia L. Weiss, and Jeffrey S. Yarvis
  • Special populations
  • Civilian social worker's guide to the treatment of war-induced post-traumatic stress disorder / Jeffry S. Yarvis and Joan Beder
  • Care coordination in military traumatic brain injury / Glenn W. Parkinson, Louis M. French, and Silvia Massetti
  • Working with survivors of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military / Margret E. Bell and Annemarie Reardon
  • When they return from Iraq/Afghanistan : the needs of the wounded / Joan Beder and Helen Jones
  • Helping the combat medic and corpsman : adapting to both primary and secondary traumatic stress down range and beyond / David Cabrera, Charles Figley, and Jeffrey Yarvis
  • The battle within : understanding the physiology of warzone exposure / Victoria E. Bruner and Pamela Woll
  • Clinical challenges
  • Those who have served in Afghanistan/Iraq : coming home / Joan Beder
  • Family resilience and the fortunes of war / Mark Chapin
  • Assessing and responding to suicidal risk among OIF/OEF veterans / Christie Jackson and Yvette Branson
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom/operation enduring freedom : exploring wartime death and bereavement / Jill Harrington LaMorie
  • Spouses and their families in the modern military system : problems, assessment, and interventions / Blaine Everson and C. Wayne Perry
  • Substance use disorders in veterans : a clinical overview of assessment and treatment of substance use disorders in veterans and service members / Monica Roy and W. Christopher Skidmore
  • Services
  • Animal assisted intervention / Joan Beder, Laurie Sullivan-Sakaeda, and Tamar P. Martin
  • VA integrated post-combat care : a systemic approach to caring for returning combat veterans / Deborah Amdur ... [et al.]
  • Unique concerns for practitioners
  • Ethical challenges when working with the military / Nancy Beckerman
  • The cost of caring requires self care / Charles R. Figley and Joan Beder.