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Psychiatric casualties : how and why the military ignores the full cost of war /

"The psychological toll of war is vast, and the social costs of war's psychiatric casualties extend even further. Yet military mental health care suffers from extensive waiting lists, organizational scandals, spikes in veteran suicide, narcotic overprescription, shortages of mental health...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Russell, Mark C. (Mark Charles), 1960- (Autor), Figley, Charles R., 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Genesis of the Military's Mental Health Dilemma
  • A War to Die for: Casualty Trends of Modern Warfare
  • Dark Side of Military Mental Health: A History of Self-Inflicted Wounds
  • Cruel and Inhumane Handling: The First Dark Side Strategy
  • Legal Prosecution, Incarceration, and Executions of Mental Illness: The Second Dark
  • Side Strategy
  • Humiliate, Ridicule, and Shame into Submission: The Third Dark Side Strategy
  • Denying the Psychiatric Reality of War: The Fourth Dark Side Strategy
  • Purging Weakness: The Fifth Dark Side Strategy
  • Delay, Deceive, and Delay Again: The Sixth Dark Side Strategy
  • Faulty Diagnosis and Backdoor Discharges: The Seventh Dark Side Strategy
  • Avoiding Responsibility and Accountability: The Eighth Dark Side Strategy
  • Inadequate, Experimental, or Harmful Treatment: The Ninth Dark Side Strategy
  • Perpetuating Neglect, Indifference, and Self-Inflicted Crises: The Tenth Dark Side
  • Strategy
  • Toward a Resilient and Mentally Healthy Military
  • Transforming Military Mental Healthcare: Three Options for Change