NDLI: Generational Wartime Behavioral Health Crises: Part One of a Preliminary Analysis

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Author	Russell, Mark C. Figley, Charles R.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	As the USA enters into its 12th year of war, the persistent drum beat of negative news headlines of unmet mental health and social needs of veterans fuels public perception of a twenty-first century military behavioral health crisis. For many Americans, the status quo harkens back to previous wartime crises. Wartime mental health crises continue to happen, despite the personal and financial consequences. This paper address this crisis by carefully tracking the critical decisions that lead to the current situation. This is the first of a two-part preliminary analysis of generational wartime behavioral health crises. We first define wartime mental health crises and how current and past conditions qualify as such a crisis. Next, we point out that there is a continual underestimate of war and post-wartime behavioral health needs. We then provide an extensive review of official military records, government investigations, and news media reports; a compelling evidence of a major crisis in the twenty-first century. In the final section of the paper, we discuss the themes that emerged from the review that both confirm the generational failure to learn fundamental war trauma lessons.
Starting Page	106
Ending Page	131
Page Count	26
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1938971X
Journal	Psychological Injury and Law
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	19389728
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-06-04
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Mental health crisis Military Veterans War stress Suicide PTSD Law and Psychology Clinical Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Law Psychiatry and Mental Health

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