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This book presents the latest in neuroscience and resiliency research alongside the personal stories of military veterans to advocate for an empirically validated training protocol.
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Bulletproofing the Psyche: Preventing Mental Health Problems in Our Military and Veterans editors Kate Hendricks Thomas and David L. Albright lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers, practitioners, and military veterans in calling for a new kind of training with a focus on "bulletproofing the psyche": psychological resiliency skills training. They combine research and storytelling to argue that somatic protocols, a training method long used in the treatment sector to rewire the brain after trauma and a proven, valid alternative to drug and talk therapy, should be applied to the prevention and training sectors. Contributors include leaders in the fields of trauma research, military social work, and veterans' health.
Students and scholars in the fields of social work, military psychology, social psychology, health promotion, organizational development, and institutional organization will find the research relevant, while clinicians, counselors, and mental health care providers working with military-connected communities may find the discussion of trauma treatment and intervention model transformative for their practice.
List of contents
ForewordCharles R. FigleyAcknowledgments and Editors' NotePart One Framing the IssuesChapter 1 Introduction to Military-Connected Well-Being Issues
Jennifer E. C. Lee and Sanela DursunPoint of View-The Small Bible
Matthew J. M. HendricksChapter 2 Warrior Culture: Ancient Roots, New Meaning
Kyleanne HunterPoint of View-Armor Down: The Power of Mindfulness
Ben KingChapter 3 Mindfulness: The Neurobehavioral Basis of Resilience
Deborah Norris and Aurora HutchinsonPoint of View-A Shift on the Mat
Laura WestleyChapter 4 The Theory and Practice of Training for Resilience
Kate Hendricks Thomas and David L. AlbrightChapter 5 Moral Injury and Resilience in the Military
Joseph M. Currier, Jacob K. Farnsworth, Kent D. Drescher, and Wesley H. McCormickPart Two Current Mental Fitness Programming for Military- and Veteran-Connected PopulationsChapter 6 Department of Defense Resilience Programming
Cate Florenz and Margaret M. ShieldsPoint of View-Fostering Veteran-Student Health through Stress Management: Creating Belonging and Success in a College Setting through the Veterans at Ease Program
Robin Carnes and Stephen KaplanChapter 7 Mental Fitness and Military Veteran Women
Kelli Godfrey, Justin T. McDaniel, Lydia Davey, Sarah Plummer Taylor, and Christine Isana GarciaPoint of View-Fitting In and Finding Me
Jessica WilkesChapter 8 Learning from Example: Resilience of Service Members Who Identify as LGBT
Katharine Bloeser and Heliana RamirezChapter 9 Resilient Military Families
Charles R. McAdams IIIChapter 10 The Promotion of Well-Being in Older Veterans
Kari L. Fletcher, Mariah Rooney O'Brien, and Kamilah A. JonesPart Three Collaborating to Provide Mental Fitness Programming for Military-Connected PopulationsChapter 11 Faith-Based Programming for Spiritual Fitness
Rev. Sarah A. Shirley, Rev. Elizabeth A. Alders, Howard A. Crosby Jr., Kathleen G. Charters, and Rev. John Edgar CatersonChapter 12 The Role of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in Military Mental Fitness
Lori L. Davis and Richard ToscanoChapter 13 Adapting the Collective Impact Model to Veteran Services: The Case of AmericaServes
Nicholas J. Armstrong, Gillian S. Cantor, Bonnie Chapman, and James D. McDonough Jr.Point of View-Setting the Bar: Mental Fitness and Performance
Kate GermanoChapter 14 The Way Forward
Kelsey L. Larsen and Elizabeth A. StanleyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex
About the author
CHARLES R. FIGLEY is Director of the Traumatology Institute and the College of Social Work at Florida State University.
