Signature Wounds The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis / David Kieran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kieran, David, 1978- Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

2019.

New York New York University Press [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

""Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis" explores the topic of mental illness in the military"--.

Contents:

Introduction : "these unseen wounds cut deep"

"At the time people hadn't been asking those sorts of questions" : Army mental health research between Vietnam and Iraq

"This was a different war" : mental health as crisis and enigma amid growing opposition to the Iraq War

"Callous disregard of veterans' rights is of a piece with the administration's entire approach to war" : veteran suicide and anti-war sentiment

"The culture of the Army wasn't ready" : stigma, access, and the politics of organizational change

"Military families are quietly coming apart at the seams" : managing family mental health and critiquing the Iraq War

"The limited science of the brain" : traumatic brain injury and scientific uncertainty during wartime

"Leaders can once again determine the kind of culture the Army is building" : active duty suicide and anxiety over Army culture

"The challenge to the VA is execution and implementation" : VA suicide prevention in a moment of mistrust

Conclusion : "they will start to bring the... lessons that they learned back into their communities" : comprehensive soldier and family fitness, the resiliency debate, and the future of mental health in the Army and America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-4150-1

OCLC:

1085567093