Psychiatrists in combat : mental health clinicians' experiences in the war zone /: mental health clinicians' experiences in the war zone. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Christopher H. Warner, Robert N. McLay, editors.
• Editors: Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron; Warner, Christopher H; McLay, Robert N
• Contents: Foreword; Disclaimer; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1: The Road to€Iraq; 1.1 The Beginning; 1.2 Hitting the€Road; 1.3 Kuwait; 1.4 Camp New€York; 1.5 Convoy into Iraq; 1.6 Iraq; 1.7 A Few More Convoy Adventures; 1.8 Latrine Issues; 1.9 Boosting Morale; 1.10 Conclusion; 2: Farm Boy Turned Military Psychologist: A€Summary of€War Deployment Experiences, Struggles, and€Coping; Reference; 3: Someone Always Has It Worse: The€Convoy to€Balad; 4: Psychiatrists in€Combat: From€the€Deckplates to€Division; 4.1 Why Did I€Join The€Military?; 4.2 Preparation for€Greenside. 4.3 Reporting as€Division Surgeon4.4 Predeployment; 4.5 Into Theater; 4.6 Crossing the€Line of€Departure; 4.7 Improvise, Adapt, Overcome; 4.8 Restoration Operations; 4.9 Leaving Theater; 4.10 Return and€Reunion; 4.11 Clinical Pearls; 4.12 Lessons Learned; 4.13 Reflections; 5: Occupational Therapists Share Deployment Experiences from€Iraq and€Afghanistan; 5.1 What Is Occupational Therapy?; 5.1.1 Brief History of€Occupational Therapy in€Military Populations; 5.1.2 Challenges Facing Deployed Occupational Therapists; 5.2 Personal Experiences; 5.2.1 Leaving for€the€Warzone. 5.2.2 Dangers of€the€Warzone and€Its Unique Stressors5.2.3 Burnout; 5.2.4 Different Missions/Goals Deployed Occupational Therapists Face; 5.2.5 Expanded Roles of€the€Occupational Therapist While Deployed; 5.2.6 Reintegration into the€Civilian Community; 5.3 Final Words; References; 6: The Most Efficient Marine; 7: The Purposeful Doctor; 7.1 Rules of€Leadership; 7.2 Deployment: Cold to€Hot; 7.3 Meeting the€Patients Where They Are at; 7.4 Reintegration; 7.5 Destiny; 8: The Iraqi Heart of€Darkness: A€Visit to€Abu Ghraib. 9: The Two Sides of€Modern-Day American Combat: From€Camp Austerity to€Camp Chocolate Cake9.1 Prelude; 9.2 Deployment 1: Camp Austerity; 9.3 An Interlude; 9.4 Deployment 2: Camp Chocolate Cake; 10: Zero to€Sixty: From€Residency to€the€War Zone; 10.1 Lesson 1: Establish Rapport and€Respect by€Showing You€Are a€Soldier and€Willing to€Accept Risk; 10.2 Lesson 2: Don't Limit Yourself to€A€Clinic; 10.3 Lesson 3: Be€Prudent in€Your Risk Taking; 10.4 Lesson 4: We€Must Be€Held to€a€Higher Standard; 10.5 Conclusion; References; 11: Research at the€Tip of€the€Spear. 11.1 The Value of€Research in€Making Good Policy and€Program Decisions11.2 Conducting Your Wartime Mission in€Peacetime; 11.3 Dying for€a€Data Point; 11.4 Courage, Research and€Leadership; 11.5 The Failure to€Learn from€Lessons Learned; 12: From Battalion Surgeon to€Combat Psychiatrist: Three Tours in€Iraq and€Afghanistan; 12.1 Before Psychiatry; 12.2 When a€Residency Feels Like€a€Chance to€Catch My Breath; 12.3 A Return to€War; 13: "Oh, The€Things You€Can Find"; Reference; 14: Chronicles from€the€Cradle of€Civilization; 14.1 Green Clovers and€Purple Horseshoes.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 221 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 616.890088/355; Medicine; Military psychiatry; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Military psychiatry; Medicine & Public Health; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Emergency Medicine; Occupational Therapy; Primary Care Medicine; Psychology -- Psychotherapy -- General; Medical -- Emergency Medicine; Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Occupational Therapy; Medical -- Family & General Practice; Psychotherapy; Accident & emergency medicine; Occupational therapy; General practice; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Emergency medicine; Occupational therapy; Medical -- Psychiatry -- General; Psychiatry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319441184; 3319441183
• Related ISBNs: 9783319441160; 3319441167
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 27, 2017).
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