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No One Leaves Unchanged: Insights for Civilian Mental Health Care Professionals Into the Military Experience and Culture
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This article aims to elucidate an understanding of military culture and experience, so as to better frame the services offered by civilian clinicians. Service members indoctrinated into such an influential culture can experience adjustment problems upon reentry into the larger society, and thus professional counselors and social workers must be ready to address the reintegration process with veteran clients. Furthermore, this article highlights a few of the major mental health concerns that are prevalent in combat veterans, especially for those returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and presents a brief overview of treatment modalities implemented both within and outside of the military. Practical therapeutic suggestions for clinicians with little or no knowledge of the military are discussed. The objective is to educate and prepare civilian mental health practitioners to administer culturally sensitive prevention and intervention services to meet the unique needs of this population.
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- Authors
- Coll, J. E., Weiss, E. L., Yarvis, J. S., & Oh, H.
- Affiliations
- Saint Leo University (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- Social Work in Health Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-08-01
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 487-500
- ISSN
- 0098-1389 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-034X
- OpenAlex
- W1990618585
- Cited by
- 184
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 38.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2019-10-30)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Work in Health Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PDXScholar (Portland State University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- China Scholarship Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and Military Integration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Keywords
- military culture, combat veterans, reintegration, Iraq War, Operation Enduring Freedom, veterans' mental health, culturally sensitive interventions, military experience, social work practice
- MeSH terms
- Combat Disorders, Humans, Mental Health Services, Military Personnel, Occupational Diseases, Social Work, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress, Psychological, United States, Veterans, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Afghan Campaign 2001-
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