Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
Donna M. Brazil
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) is a massive program designed to assess and develop the overall fitness and resilience of soldiers, Army civilians, and family members. The program ...
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The Problem of Suicide in the United States Special Operations Forces
Bruce Bongar, Kate Maslowski, Catherine Hausman, Danielle Spangler, and Tracy Vargo
in Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Since 1986, the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has been employed by the military for carrying out a range of challenging tasks key to counterterrorism efforts. These Special ...
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The Importance of Consultation in Supporting Bereaved Students
Jeffrey C. Roth
in Supporting Bereaved Students at School
This chapter describes how models, concepts, and skills of consultation play an important role in supporting bereaved students. Consultation by school-based mental health providers is ...
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Measuring Resilience and Growth
Lynda A. King and Daniel W. King
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
The concepts of resilience to highly stressful life events and the possibility of personal growth following trauma are topics of interest to military psychologists seeking to understand the ...
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Ways to Bolster Resilience across the Deployment Cycle
Donald Meichenbaum
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Epidemiological data indicates that most returning service members following deployment and combat evidence resilience, as well as do their spouses and children. In contrast, some 10% to ...
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Introduction to Qualitative Approaches
Anne E. Brodsky, Sara L. Buckingham, Jill E. Scheibler, and Terri Mannarini
in Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods
This chapter introduces Section I, on qualitative methods, including the general elements and precepts of the methodology and their utility and applicability to the study, practice, and ...
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Recognizing Strengths
Jan Willer
in Could it be Adult ADHD?: A Clinician's Guide to Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment
Strengths may come from ADHD itself or from the experience of living with ADHD. This topic has been neglected by researchers, as most research focuses on the disadvantages of ADHD; ...
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Implementing Statewide Practices That Promote Student Wellness and Resilience
Amity Noltemeyer, Cricket Meehan, Emily Jordan, and Michael Petrasek
in Fostering the Emotional Well-Being of our Youth: A School-Based Approach
Wellness and resilience promotion efforts are often an underutilized opportunity to address the mental health needs of children and youth. Organizations and individuals with state-level ...
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Combat Operational Stress and Behavioral Health
Mark C. Russell and Charles R. Figley
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Occupational hazards of military service regularly involve exposure to potential traumatic events such as combat, sexual violence, disaster-relief, training accidents, and war atrocities ...
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Transitioning through the Deployment Cycle
Sherrie L. Wilcox and Michael G. Rank
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Military personnel and their families are both affected by deployment. While much emphasis is placed on the post-deployment transition, it is important to assist both service members and ...
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Understanding and Reducing Homophobic Harassment and Victimization in Schools
V. Paul Poteat
in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Schooling: The Nexus of Research, Practice, and Policy
Bias-based harassment, or harassment based on one’s actual or perceived social identity, such as sexual orientation, remains a prominent concern in many schools. Homophobic harassment is ...
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Participatory Mixed Methods Research Across Cultures
Rebecca Volino Robinson, E. J. R. David, and Mara Hill
in Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods
Mixed methodology is particularly useful when researching in cross-cultural or cultural contexts, as it allows for both etic (i.e., between cultures) and emic (i.e., within a culture) ...
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Warfare, Terrorism, and Psychology
L. Morgan Banks and Larry C. James
in Psychology of Terrorism
Chapter 16 explores the links between warfare, terrorism, and psychology. It presents a model for understanding the psychology of terrorism, military threat, psychological threat and ...
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Psychological Resilience in the Face of Terrorism
Lisa D. Butler, Leslie A. Morland, and Gregory A. Leskin
in Psychology of Terrorism
Chapter 25 outlines psychological resilience in the face of terrorism. It defines resilience, and discusses functional outcomes following psychological trauma (with resilience as an ...
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Children, young people, and war: learning to cope
Orla Muldoon and Ed Cairns
in Learning to Cope: Developing as a Person in Complex Societies
This chapter illustrates, using war as an example, how adverse circumstances which affect entire communities can contribute to an understanding of the factors that contribute to the ...
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Going Forward
Mary C. Zanarini
in In the Fullness of Time: Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
Two waves of additional follow-up have recently been completed: 18-year follow-up and20-year follow-up. Two other waves will be completed in the next year or so: 22-year follow-up and ...
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Session Fifteen: Meaning and Purpose
Tayyab Rashid and Martin Seligman
in Positive Psychotherapy: Workbook
This final session integrates the three phases of positive psychotherapy (PPT): the narrative of resilience (positive introduction), the hope of cultivating a better version of the self, ...
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Working with Special Operations Forces
L. Morgan Banks
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Special Operations Forces are ordinarily psychologically screened, carefully selected, and then intensively trained for assignment. This results in a force that is generally highly ...
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Session Fifteen: Meaning and Purpose
Tayyab Rashid and Martin Seligman
in Positive Psychotherapy: Clinician Manual
This final session integrates the three phases of positive psychotherapy (PPT): the narrative of resilience (positive introduction), the hope of cultivating a better version of the self, ...
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Coping With a Diagnosis
Emily Papazoglou
in Don't Wait and See!: A Neuropsychologist's Guide to Helping Children Who Are Developing Differently
Having confirmation that your child is developing differently is devastating, but you must hold on to hope. Children often surprise us with their resiliency and also with their ability to ...
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