Stories From VA Psychology

Baker, Rodney R.

ISBN 10: 1425970443 / ISBN 13: 9781425970444

Published by AuthorHouse 2007-02, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stories From VA Psychology
• Publisher: AuthorHouse 2007-02
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1425970443
• ISBN 13: 9781425970444
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book features chapters from 15 contributors who tell stories about their psychology leadership careers in the Veterans Administration/Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The stories collectively span the entire 60 year history of VA psychology starting in 1946, and include descriptions of experiences as a trainee in the first decade of the VA training program and roles as an early VA chief of psychology. The chapters also contain stories about special research projects, treatment programs, and advocacy efforts as these leaders worked to serve veterans. Contributors describe both the struggles in their careers as well as the rewards of helping veterans and working with colleagues they admired and respected. An Appendix with photos of early VA Central Office leaders completes the book.

About the Author

The book's editor, Rodney R. Baker, received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in 1968. His training and psychology staff and leadership positions in the Veterans Administration, later named the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), spanned 40 years from 1964 to 2004. He served in numerous planning and consultant roles for VA national psychology and mental health projects during his career. He was elected president of the Association of VA Chief Psychologists in 1983 and served for 20 years as faculty of a training program for new chiefs of psychology in the VA. The author of many published journal articles in the field of psychology, he also co-authored a book on the history of psychology and the VA after World War II. In preparing the current book, he enlisted the help of 14 other contributors who served in leadership positions in VA psychology, either in the VA Central Office in Washington, DC or in VA hospitals and medical centers around the country. The contributors include Rodney R. Baker, Alexander Boeringa, Harold R. Dickman, Douglas K. Gottfredson, Lee Gurel, Philip G. Hanson, A. Jack Jernigan, Christine LaGana, Philip R. Laughlin, Orville J. Lips, Tom Miller, Dana Moore, Walter Penk, Charles A. Stenger, and Robert S. Waldrop. A footnote to each chapter summarizes the VA career of each contributor.