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Psychological Adjustment After Military Operations: The Utility of Postdeployment Decompression for Supporting Health Readjustment

Abstract: This chapter provides a literature review of postdeployment stressors and their effects and explores the potential value of adding a transition period between the …

Art Therapy with Military Veterans

Abstract: Art Therapy with Military Veterans: Trauma and the Image provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and applying art therapy with former and serving armed …

From boots to suits : women veterans transitioning to community college students

Abstract: This chapter explores the unique needs of women student–veterans and highlights the ways that community college leaders can support women student–veterans on their …

Veterans and the Ethics of Reciprocity in UK Primary Healthcare

Abstract: In the UK, The Armed Forces Covenant states that veterans should receive priority treatment where it relates to a condition, subject to clinical need, which results from …

Military Operations and the Mind: War Ethics and Soldiers' Well-being

Abstract: Offering a Canadian perspective on the emotional health of servicemen and women, Military Operations and the Mind brings together researchers and practitioners from …

Beyond the Line: Military and Veteran Health Research

Abstract: Caring for veterans returning from service is just as important as preparing troops for deployment. Beyond the Line is a collection of current research presented by the …

Trauma and its Treatment in Forensic Settings

Abstract: This chapter describes the different types of traumatic presentations: acute, chronic, prolonged and complicated. It explores common factors and pathways in their …

Military Veteran Psychological Health and Social Care: Contemporary Issues

Abstract: When servicewomen and men leave the armed forces, their care transfers to the statutory and third sector where the quality and provision of services can vary enormously. …

Invisible Scars: Mental Trauma and the Korean War

Abstract: This book explores the psychiatric care system in place for Commonwealth troops deployed during the Korean War (1950-1953) and how psychologically traumatised veterans …

On Military Memoirs. A Quantitative Comparison of International Afghanistan War Autobiographies, 2001-2010

Abstract: In On Military Memoirs Esmeralda Kleinreesink offers insight into military books: its writers, publishers, the plots they write and their motives for writing. Every …

Pluralistic data analysis

Abstract: In his provocatively titled book The Qualitative Manifesto, Denzin (2010) proposed that in order to effectively advocate the benefits of qualitative work to …

'Changing Step': The transition from the Regular Army to civilian life and work

Abstract: The British Army has always recognized that the majority of their full-time personnel will leave the Army and move into other employment sectors before their formal …