This volume explores the unique psychiatric needs of active and former military personnel and offers clinical pearls for the optimal delivery of care for these individuals. Written by experts in military and veteran psychiatry, this book addresses the most common issues in military and veteran patients, including depression, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, homelessness, and suicidality.  Chapters highlight the characteristics of veterans suffering from each disorder that requires special treatment, making it a valuable resource for both military and civilian clinicians.

 

Veteran Psychiatry in the US is a valuable resource for all mental health clinicians working with or seeking to work with veterans, including psychiatrists, neurologists, primary care physicians, psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, residents, and all others.

<p>Introduction

Outline of Military Culture and Military and VA Health Systems
Psychiatry in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A History and a Future
Optimizing Clinical Outcomes in VA Mental Health Care
Suicide
Treatment for Trauma Related Disorders: The "Three Buckets" Model
Treatment Resistant Depression Among US Military Veterans
Psychotic Disorders and Best Models of Care
Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol Pharmacotherapy
Opiate Use in the Military Context
Use of Stimulants for ADHD and TBI in Veterans
Use of Complementary and Integrative Health for Chronic Pain Management Traumatic Brain Injury
Homeless Veterans and Mental Health
Contextual Frameworks for Addressing Risk and Fostering Resilience among Sexual and Gender Minority Veterans
Older Veterans
Women Veterans
Military Environmental Exposures and Mental Health
 Neuropsychiatric Quinism: Chronic Encephalopathy Caused by Poisoning by Mefloquine and Related Quinoline Drugs
Listening to Trauma, and Caring for the Caregiver, A Psychodynamic Reflection in the Age of Burnout.</p><p></p>