Professor Mark Russell, Professor Charles Figley

Psychiatric Casualties

How and Why the Military Ignores the Full Cost of War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The trauma experts Mark C. Russell and Charles Figley offer an impassioned and meticulous critique of the systemic failures in military mental health care in the United States. The book offers actionable prescriptions for change and a comprehensive approach to significantly improving military mental health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 252mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780231187770
• ISBN-10: 0231187777
• Artikelnr.: 59984716

Autorenporträt

Mark C. Russell and Charles Figley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Genesis of the Military's Mental Health Dilemma
1. A War to Die For: Casualty Trends of Modern Warfare
2. The Dark Side of Military Mental Health: A History of Self-Inflicted
Wounds
3. Cruel and Inhumane Handling: The First Dark-Side Strategy
4. Legal Prosecution, Incarceration, and Executions of Mental Illness: The
Second Dark-Side Strategy
5. Humiliate, Ridicule, and Shame into Submission: The Third Dark-Side
Strategy
6. Denying the Psychiatric Reality of War: The Fourth Dark-Side Strategy
7. Purging Weakness: The Fifth Dark-Side Strategy
8. Delay, Deceive, and Delay Again: The Sixth Dark-Side Strategy
9. Faulty Diagnosis and Backdoor Discharges: The Seventh Dark-Side Strategy
10. Avoiding Responsibility and Accountability: The Eighth Dark-Side
Strategy
11. Inadequate, Experimental, or Harmful Treatment: The Ninth Dark-Side
Strategy
12. Perpetuating Neglect, Indifference, and Self-Inflicted Crises: The
Tenth Dark-Side Strategy
13. Toward a Resilient and Mentally Healthy Military
14. Transforming Military Mental Healthcare: Three Options for Change
Appendix
Notes
References
Index