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Format:
Paperback
224 pp.
152 mm x 226 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190616083

Copyright Year:
2013

Imprint: OUP US

The Costs of Courage

Combat Stress, Warriors, and Family Survival

Josephine G. Pryce, Colonel David H. Pryce and Kimberly K. Shackelford

Series : Lyceum

The Costs of Courage is one of the very few comprehensive volumes that shed a light on the needs of US military personnel and their families. The authors introduce social workers and other helping professionals to the dynamic warrior culture of the US military and their families and provides practitioners with the cultural competence necessary to successfully interact with members of this culture.

This book includes best practices and eclectic approaches that encourage social workers and other mental health professionals to better consider the needs of our military and their families. The text contains the most up-to-date subject matter on social work with military personnel and their families, including thorough descriptions of major conditions suffered by members of the warrior culture in the past and present. Relevant topics such as suicide, sexual assault, veteran issues, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, are discussed. The content is accented with a glossary of commonly used military terms and acronyms.

Readership : Graduate and undergraduate students in social work, social welfare, human services, and related fields.

Reviews

"Over one million service men and women will have been deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan. When we include their families, we find approximately seven million persons who have been affected by this service. Navigating the maze of services for active duty service personnel, veterans, and their families can be a frustrating and exhausting experience. They face a myriad of bureaucracies, each of which presents their own special challenges. Social work in the 21st century will have to come up with new and innovative ways to help these populations. I consider The Costs of Courage to be a vade mecum for navigating these waters. Social work students and current practitioners will want to have this book close at hand."
--James H. Williams, University of Washington, Tacoma

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Basics
1. War and Its Byproducts
2. The American Profession of Arms
Part II: The Problem
3. Combat Stress Injuries
4. Governmental Responses to Combat Stress Injuries
5. Suicide and the Warrior
6. Contemporary Military and Veterans' Issues
7. Warriors and Families Speak Out
Part III: Social Work Solutions
8. Social Work with Military Families
9. Veterans' Higher Education Challenges and Opportunities
Conclusion
Glossary
References

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Josephine G. Pryce (MSW, Our Lady of the Lake University; PhD, University of California Berkley) is associate professor of social work at the University of Alabama teaching a variety of courses in social work practice, research, and traumatic stress. She is the recipient of several awards for teaching excellence. The focus of her scholarship and writing is military families, veterans, lesbians, gay men, secondary traumatic stress, and self-care for helping professionals.

Colonel David H. Pryce (MA, University of Nebraska, MSSW, University of Texas, Arlington; d. 2012) was a social worker, author, and colonel in the U.S. Army. He served two tours in Vietnam in attack helicopter and air cavalry units, earning three Silver Star medals for gallantry and two Purple Heart medals for wounds received in combat. He served on the faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy developing and teaching courses in American military history. Since his retirement in 1987, he has published extensively on warriors and their families.

Kimberly K. Shackelford (MSW, University of Southern Mississippi; PhD, University of Mississippi) is deputy director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children's Services. Previously, she was associate professor of social work at the University of Mississippi. She continues her work as a licensed clinical social worker with the Mississippi child welfare agency staff and other community service agencies for the continued improvement of services delivered to the children and families of Mississippi.

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Special Features

Contextualizes hot topics in the field including suicide, sexual assault, and veteran issues.
Glossary of commonly used military terms and acronyms.
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