First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

This book offers a culturally responsive and empirically based approach to working with active-duty service members, veterans, and their families.

It examines the assessment and evidenced-based treatment of sexual trauma, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, insomnia, intimacy issues, and OCD in service members and veterans and the major ethical and clinical challenges for licensed independent providers. The chapters are written by distinguished scholars and experienced healthcare providers who deliver health-focused interventions and integrate relevant cross-cultural factors for working with diverse patients.

Loaded with clinical examples and up-to-date research, this book is essential for all mental health professionals working or in training to serve military personnel or veterans in the United States.

Ronn Johnson, Ph.D., ABPP, is a tenured full professor and Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Creighton University School of Medicine, Nebraska, USA. He is also Director of Team-Based Care in the Department of Family Medicine at the Creighton Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Previously, he was the lead clinical psychologist at the mental health clinic at the Nebraska-Western VA Healthcare System (NWI) and has worked in several VAs and active-duty military stations. Dr. Johnson is board certified in Group and Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.