Signature Wounds : The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis /

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The surprising story of the Army's efforts to combat PTSD and traumatic brain injury The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell his colleagues that "many of our injure...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kieran, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Combat > Psychological aspects.
Combat-Psychological aspects.
Military psychiatry > United States.
Military psychiatry-United States.
Psychology, Military.
Soldiers > Mental health services > United States.
Soldiers > Mental health > United States.
Soldiers-Mental health services-United States.
Soldiers-Mental health-United States.
Veterans > Mental health services > United States.
Veterans > Mental health > United States.
Veterans-Mental health services-United States.
Veterans-Mental health-United States.
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
Afghanistan.
All-Volunteer Force.
American military strategy.
Army Family Covenant.
Army.
Bush administration.
Combat Stress Control doctrine.
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Gulf War.
Iraq War.
Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
Iraq.
Joshua Omvig Suicide Prevention Act.
Mental Health Assessment Teams.
Veterans' Suicide Prevention Hotline.
asymmetrical warfare.
behavioral health protocols.
blast waves.
deployments.
firearms.
mental health diagnoses.
mental health issues.
mental health.
mentoring.
military families.
military.
peacekeeping deployments.
post-traumatic stress disorder.
primary care.
psychological consequences.
public health.
resilience.
stigma.
suicide prevention efforts.
suicide rate.
suicide risk factors.
traumatic brain injury.
veteran suicide.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. "At the Time People Hadn't Been Asking Those Sorts of Questions"
  • 2. "The Psychiatric Cost of Sending Young Men and Women to War"
  • 3. "Callous Disregard of Veterans' Rights Is of a Piece with the Administration's Entire Approach to War"
  • 4. "The Culture of the Army Wasn't Ready"
  • 5. "Military Families Are Quietly Coming Apart at the Seams"
  • 6. "The Limited Science of the Brain"
  • 7. "Leaders Can Once Again Determine the Kind of Culture the Army Is Building"
  • 8. "The Challenge to the VA Is Execution and Implementation"
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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