Combat Social Work | Applying the Lessons of War to the Realities of Human Services

Charles R. Figley (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0190059435 / ISBN 13: 9780190059439

Published by OXFORD UNIV PR, 2020

About this Item

Combat Social Work | Applying the Lessons of War to the Realities of Human Services | Charles R. Figley (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2020 | OXFORD UNIV PR | EAN 9780190059439 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Seller Inventory # 120654726

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Combat Social Work | Applying the Lessons of War to the Realities of Human Services
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190059435
• ISBN 13: 9780190059439
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 23D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 669 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

About this title

Synopsis

Social workers have a long, proud history of service in most branches of the United States military. The experiences of social workers and other human service professionals of all military ranks have an important, often profound, and lasting impact that informs not only their practice within the military but throughout their career long after they have left the combat zone. In exploring the experiences of 13 American combat social workers (CSWs)--whose role is, among other things, providing military mental health services to members in their unit--this book shares lessons from military service through the lens of social work practitioners. The text includes strategies learned about social work practice in a war zone that are highly applicable to other highly stressful contexts (e.g., crisis intervention, stress reduction procedures, suicide prevention, brief psychotherapy, and consultation on family issues). Combat Social Work is uniquely positioned to serve as a valuable resource for social workers and other mental health providers interested in the assessment and treatment of trauma with active members of the military and military veterans.

About the Author

Charles R. Figley, PhD, is the Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health; Director of the Traumatology Institute; and Professor in the School of Social Work at Tulane University. Dr. Figley is a combat Marine who served in the Vietnam War.

COL Jeffrey S. Yarvis PhD, LCSW, BCD is a 34 year veteran of the U.S. Army, former commander of a combat hospital and decorated combat veteran as a social worker earning the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge for leadership and actions taken under fire. He is also an adjunct professor for Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

Bruce Thyer, PhD, MSW, is Distinguished Research Professor in the College of Social Work at Florida State University. Dr. Thyer is a veteran of the United States Army.