Full Description
This volume provides several perspectives that help practitioners, advocates, and policymakers understand the impact of historical and recent wars on U.S. Military veterans. The chapters address newly recognized conditions, such as moral injury, military sexual trauma, and remote combat trauma as precursors to more serious diagnosable mental health disorders with the goal of addressing how these conditions can be identified and mitigated in future combat operations. The chapters also provide new insights on calculating the costs of wars in terms of dollars spent on treating mental health conditions, the intergenerational impact of combat trauma on families and future generations, and involvement in the criminal justice system of those who do not receive treatment due to discharge characterizations from military misconduct.
Contents
Forward
Preface
Dedication
List of Contributors and Biographies
Introduction: Recognizing the Transforming Landscape of War Injuries and Treatments
Evan R. Seamone
PART I: THE UNCOUNTED COSTS OF MILITARY SERVICE: SOCIETAL BURDENS OF WAR TRAUMA
1. Expected Mental Health Care Costs of Military Involvement
Justin T. McDaniel, Kevin Sylwester, Rick Stapel, Tim Ting, and David L. Albright
2. Military Criminality: Responding to Predictable Occupational Hazards
from Military Service
Evan R. Seamone
3. Generational Trends in Employment and Crime Among Military
Families
Justin T. McDaniel, Eric Black, Harvey Henson, Yorino Kawashima, Jennifer Koran, and Daniel Brown
4. Older Veterans: Lifetime Consequences of Military Service
Kari Fletcher, Eric Black, Rachel Dekel, Mariah Rooney, Jim Martin, and David L. Albright
5. Beyond Combat: Gender and the Construction of Injury in Military Contexts
Walter Callaghan, Maya Eichler, and Victoria Tait
PART II: THE MORAL COSTS OF WARFARE: UNDERSTANDING MORAL INJURY
6. The Look and Feel of Moral Injury
Nancy Sherman
7. Moral Injury, Moral Suffering, and Moral Health
Matthew Talbert and Jessica Wolfendale
8. PTSD Weaponized: A Theory of Moral Injury
Duncan MacIntosh
9. Remote Combat Exposure and Moral Injury from Drone Operations: The Cost of a New Form of Warfare
Elliot Atkins and Evan R. Seamone
10. Incorporating Moral Injury in Military and Veteran Policy
Kristen Laha-Walsh, Haley Steele, and David L. Albright
PART III: MITIGATING THE UNCOUNTED COSTS OF WAR
11. Recruiting, Training, and the Permissible Bounds of Preventing and Mitigating Moral Injury in the U.S. Military
Jesse Hamilton
12. Pain, Addiction, and Suicidality Among Veterans: Integrating Evidence-Based, Concurrent Treatment Approaches
Evangelina Banou, Nicole Angeli, Stacey Sandusky, and Stephanie Miller
13. Mitigating the Costs of Combat with the Code of Conduct
Kevin Govern and Stephen N. Xenakis
14. Identifying and Treating Moral Injury in Military Members and Veterans
Julie Yeterain, Danielle S. Berke, Joel Rosenthal, and Bret Litz
15. From Cautious to Conscious Inclusion: A Review of Women's Integration in the Armed Forces, and Where to Next
Janelle M. Pham
Index
