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Living and Surviving in Harm's Way: A Psychological Treatment Handbook for Pre- and Post-Deployment of Military Personnel

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As more and more military service members return from their tours with psychological injuries and disabilities, expect to see a proliferation of books on military psychology and mental health treatment - but don't expect to see many with the depth and scope of the present volume. This is a large book with a large mission: to provide mental health practitioners with individual clinical guidelines as well as broad administrative recommendations for psychologically preparing service members for deployment, providing effective clinical interventions during their service, and - a topic often neglected in other sources - dealing with the myriad post-deployment stresses and challenges that affect returning services members.
The chapters in this edited volume provide an essential orientation to the basic military mindset and warrior ethos, the stresses and threats of deployment, special challenges faced by women in the military, vulnerability and risk factors for traumatic stress responses, effective psychological treatment planning with military personnel, specific psychotherapeutic intervention strategies for anxiety and mood disorders, substance abuse, sleep disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder, the role of psychotropic medications, military family issues, including marital intimacy and children of military families, community responses to returning warriors, and issues of mourning and remembrance of fallen comrades and family members. By definition, a "handbook" is a repository of practical wisdom that professionals can refer to when needed. If you are a mental health clinician who works with military service members, this will be an indispensible addition of your clinical reference library.
- Laurence Miller, PhD, International Journal of Emergency Mental Health