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Blending illustrative narratives from veterans with cutting-edge research, this book provides a model for a needed shift from treatment post-trauma to psychological training pre-trauma to prevent deep depression and resulting suicides.
As suicides among members of the U.S. military and veterans continue at a rate higher than in the general population—nearly 20 each day—and their calls for help become louder, with three veterans waiting for treatment outside Veterans Administration hospitals in 2019 committing suicide, authors and former U.S. Marines Kate Hendricks Thomas and Sarah Plummer Taylor present a call for a new approach to help halt the needless deaths.
Thomas, now a researcher and assistant professor of public health, and Plummer Taylor, now a social worker and adjunct professor, detail a plan to establish preventative training for mental fitness that will help psychologically "vaccinate" service members against depression and PTSD, the most common precursors to suicidal thoughts. Thomas and Plummer Taylor detail their mental fitness training program to shift from post-trauma treatment to pre-trauma prevention. Each topic addressed is illustrated with stories from veterans. Part of the solution, Thomas and Plummer Taylor explain, is to present prevention as something for all service members and as a positive, strength-building, challenging activity for champions, as opposed to a post-trauma treatment only for "weak and broken" warriors.
Contents
Trigger Warning
Foreword: Community-Focused Solutions for Veteran Suicide Prevention
Patrick McGuigan
Chapter 1 Author's Note: The Pistol or the Yoga Mat
Sarah Plummer Taylor
Chapter 2 Author's Note: A Culture of Silence
Kate Hendricks Thomas
Section 1: Introduction to the Battlespace
Chapter 3 Overview of the Issues
Chapter 4 The Power of Choice
Chapter 5 Military Mental Health
Section Summary
Section 2: Self-Care
Chapter 6 Regulating the Nervous System for Mental Fitness
Chapter 7 Practicing Mindfulness
Section Summary
Section 3: Social Support
Chapter 8 The Science of Social Health
Chapter 9 Connecting Post-Service
Section Summary
Section 4: Spiritual Practice
Chapter 10 The Science of Spiritual Health
Chapter 11 Spirituality in Action
Section Summary
Section 5: Reckoning with Resilience
Chapter 12 Resilience Defined
Chapter 13 The Health Benefits of Resilient Trait Cultivation
Section Summary
Afterword: A New Approach to Combat Trauma: Healing Veterans and Military Members with Body-Centered and Alternative Treatments,
Kate Hendricks Thomas, Pam Pence, John S. Huang, and Justin T. McDaniel
Appendix A: Suggested Reading
Appendix B: Breathwork and Meditation for Integration, Balance, and Clarity
References
About the Authors and Contributors
Index
