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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kieran, David (1978-....)
Titre(s) : Signature wounds [Texte imprimé] : the untold story of the military's mental health crisis / David Kieran
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : New York university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii-403 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
""Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis" explores
the topic of mental illness in the military. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have
taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator
Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell his colleagues that "many of our injured
soldiers are returning from Iraq with traumatic brain injury," which doctors were
calling the "signature wound" of the Iraq War. Alarming stories of veterans taking
their own lives raised a host of vital questions: Why hadn't the military been better
prepared to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury
(TBI)? Why were troops being denied care and sent back to Iraq? Why weren't the Army
and the VA doing more to address these issues? Drawing on previously unreleased documents
and oral histories, David Kieran tells the broad and nuanced story of the Army's efforts
to understand and address these issues, challenging the popular media view that the
Iraq War was mismanaged by a callous military unwilling to address the human toll
of the wars. The story of mental health during this war is the story of how different
groups--soldiers, veterans and their families, anti-war politicians, researchers and
clinicians, and military leaders--approached these issues from different perspectives
and with different agendas. It is the story of how the advancement of medical knowledge
moves at a different pace than the needs of an Army at war, and it is the story of
how medical conditions intersect with larger political questions about militarism
and foreign policy. This book shows how PTSD, TBI, and suicide became the signature
wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, how they prompted change within the Army
itself, and how mental health became a factor in the debates about the impact of these
conflicts on US culture."
Sujet(s) : Anciens combattants -- Santé mentale -- États-Unis
Militaires -- Santé mentale -- États-Unis
Psychiatrie militaire -- Politique publique
Indice(s) Dewey :
362.209 73 (23e éd.) = Personnes atteintes de maladies mentales et de handicaps mentaux (problèmes et
services sociaux) - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781479892365. - ISBN 147989236X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465602615
Notice n° :
FRBNF46560261
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.