Vietnam Trilogy : War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq.
A nationally-renowned authority on post-traumatic stress disorder reveals the psychiatric impact of war on soldiers and veterans, which is denied or minimized by government and the military. Through efforts to treat veterans of past conflicts he illustrates the inevitability of lifelong psychiatric...
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| Imprint: | New York : Algora Publishing, 2006. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Vietnam Trilogy : |b War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Healing Journeys: Study Abroad With Vietnam Veterans. Vol. 2 of A Vietnam Trilogy -- Lessons Unlearned From Vietnam to Iraq: War Trauma, Veterans, Families and Healing -- Chapter 1. Lessons Unlearned from Vietnam to Iraq -- The Enduring Impact of Surviving War -- Marine Psychiatrically Evacuated from Vietnam -- On the Plane to the Vietnam War -- Military Mental Health In Vietnam - And Implications For Iraq -- The Military Medical Mission -- The Psychiatric Mantra -- The Profound Psychiatric Paradox -- Surviving War has a Price -- The Survival Mantra in War -- Dehumanizing the Enemy -- The Guerilla Nature of the War -- The Collision of Morality with War Zone Reality -- The Legacies of War Follow The Veterans Back Home -- Angry Veterans, The Department Of Veterans Affairs (VA) And Politics -- PTSD Considered to be Anti-War -- Pro-Military Versus Pro-Veteran -- In-Action Therapeutic Experiences: From "The Wall" To Return To Peacetime Vietnam In 1989 -- The Persian Gulf War Intersects With Vietnam Veterans -- Returning To Peace-Time Vietnam In 2000 -- From Vietnam and The Persian Gulf Wars To 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq -- Chapter 2. 9/11 And Post-Traumatic Stress: Inter- Connections To Vietnam And Iraq -- Immediate And Longer-Range Reactions To 9/11 -- Normal and Expectable Versus Psychiatrically Disordered Reactions To 9/11 -- Normal and Expectable Reactions -- Avoidance, Denial and Detachment -- Triggering of Trauma Wounds from the Past -- Getting Back to Normal Routines -- Strong Reactions that are Somewhat Disruptive -- Continuing Adverse Reactions -- The Immorality of the Terrorist Acts -- Feeling Cursed or Blessed -- Inappropriate Behaviors and Reactions -- The Relationship Between Personal Reactions To 9/11 And US Policies Regarding Terrorism And Iraq -- Let The Healing Continue - Or Begin. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Reactions To 9/11: A Window Into The Impact Of War -- Chapter 3. Iraq and War Zone Psychiatric Casualties -- What About The War In Afghanistan? -- Sobering Facts About Deployment In Iraq And Iraq Veterans -- Military Mental Health Responses In Iraq And In Other Wars -- The Good -- More Good - Up To A Point -- The Not-So-Good -- What To Say And Do Differently: It's Time To Tell The Whole Truth -- Myths and Realities about Combat Stress Reactions, Trauma and PTSD -- Other Realities about War and Its Impact -- A New Message for Psychiatric Evacuees -- Should Military Personnel and Their Families Be Told the Whole Truth? -- Other Trauma-Focus Interventions In The War Zone -- Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) -- Critical Incident Debriefings And The Kuhlmann Group Debriefing Model In The War Zone -- Kuhlman Group Debriefing Model (KGDM) -- New Treatment Protocols in the War Zone -- The Dilemma, Challenges And Mandate -- Chapter 4. The Return Home and the Ricochet Effect on the Family -- Truths That Need To Be Told -- Warning Signs -- Triggers -- War Survival Strategies That May Be Brought Home -- Fight or Flight -- Detachment, Numbing and Denial -- Tunnel Vision -- External Discharging of Emotions -- Comparing Traumas -- Belief in Fate/Randomness/Higher Power -- Problematic War Survival Strategies That May Be Brought Home -- Rage -- Dehumanizing the Enemy -- Isolating -- Drinkin' and Druggin' -- Risk-Taking/Thrill/Sex Addiction -- Bizarre or Gallows Humor -- The Returned War Veteran Who Detaches From or Rejects the Family -- Unspoken Issues That The Families May Have -- What To Say And Do After The Vet Returns From Deployment -- The Do Not's -- The Do's -- Possible Positive Impact Of War And Deployment -- Chapter 5. The Relationship between Active Duty Military, Veterans, Their Families and the DOD and VA -- The Relationship Between The DOD And The VA. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Trying To Obtain Needed Benefits And Services From The DOD And VA -- PTSD Diagnosis Versus Legitimate Compensation for Veterans Harmed by War -- The DOD, VA And Families Of Combatants -- Active Duty Military Back From Deployment, Their Families, And The DOD -- Veterans, Their Families And The Department Of Veterans Affairs (VA) -- The Promise Our Country Makes To Armed Forces Personnel, Veterans And Their Families -- Don't Cheat Veterans To Cover The Cost Of A Current War -- An Analogy: Professional Sports And The Department Of Defense -- The Iraq War Hits Close To Home -- Chapter 6. War Trauma-Related Blame, Guilt and Shame. Relief is Possible -- The Thrill Of The Kill And The Anguish -- Other Reactions To Killing -- Trauma Treatment Myths And Realities -- Cognitive Reframing Interventions -- Survival Guilt: Clinical Vignette -- Technique To Determine The Percentages Of Responsibility -- Accepting Too Much Responsibility -- Not Accepting Responsibility: Clinical Vignette -- Chapter 7. Back to the Future: From Vietnam to Iraq -- The Existential Slog -- Too Many "Continues To Be" -- Back To The Future - Is It Inevitable? -- Is Nonviolence No Longer A Viable Alternative? -- Chapter 8. The Expanding Circle of Healing -- Manual-Based Treatment: Avoidance Of The Core Aspects Of War And Readjustment -- Four Interpersonal Aspects Of Healing That Are Distinctive And Critical For War Veterans -- Racism, Sexism and Gender-Based Trauma and Homophobia -- Racism Trauma -- Gender-Based Trauma -- Homophobic Trauma -- Medical Evacuations Both Within And From A War Zone -- From An Intra To An Inter-Personal Journey Of Healing -- Fractured, Alienated and Voided Relationships -- Can and Should the Veterans' Circle of Healing be Expanded? -- Expanding The Circle Of Healing -- Veterans of other Generations, Eras and Theaters -- Non-Veterans and Communities. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Unique Community-Based Project For Military Veterans -- US Government And American Society -- What to Do About The Betrayal? -- The People and Land of the Country of Deployment -- Both The Negative And The Positive Polarities Of War -- One More Relationship To Consider: Formation Of The Last Gestalten -- Afterword -- The First E-Mail -- A Comment on Katrina and Other Disasters -- More Headlines -- Appendix I. Cognitive Reframing Technique: Determining the Percentages of Responsibility -- Appendix II. Rationale and Recommendations to Test New Trauma Treatment Protocols in the War Zone and Their Longer-Term Impact -- Appendix III. Broad-based Community Involvement in Services for Reservists and their Families -- Recommended Readings -- Acknowledgments. | |
| 520 | |a A nationally-renowned authority on post-traumatic stress disorder reveals the psychiatric impact of war on soldiers and veterans, which is denied or minimized by government and the military. Through efforts to treat veterans of past conflicts he illustrates the inevitability of lifelong psychiatric scars from today's conflicts as well. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Veterans -- Mental health. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Mental health. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- Mental health. | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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