MILT675: Advance Military Mental & Behavioral Health – Description
MILT675: Advance Military Mental & Behavioral Health
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will cover advanced assessment and treatment of military mental and behavioral health issues, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and related stressors. Topics to be covered include “best practices” for treating depression, suicidal ideation, addictions, and other prevalent mental and behavioral disorders.
RATIONALE: The stressors faced by members of the military rank among the most intense faced by any group. Military combat exposure is ranked as the most likely occurrence to cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and it provides an environment wherein Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is always a possibility. The Pentagon recently stated that at least 30% of returning troops from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Combat-related PTSD. Those working with our military will face the challenge of counseling and assisting individuals and families affected by PTSD, TBI, and additional challenges at an ever-increasing rate. Those who put their lives on the line are worthy of the best help available.
Textbooks: Freeman et al., Living and Surviving in Harm’s Way (2009). Moore & Jongsma, The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (2015). Moore & Penk, Treating PTSD in Military Personnel (2011). (2012). Slone & Friedman, After the War Zone (2008).
Experience Plus Portfolio Questions:
1.Explain the nature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the effects on the body, mind, emotions, and spiritual dimension of military personnel. *
2.Explain the nature of Combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and TBI as well as the effects on the body, mind, emotions, and spiritual dimension of the individual. *
3.Contrast various types of treatment for PTSD/Combat-related PTSD and TBI. *
4.Examine all issues, theories, assumptions, materials, etc. presented in the course in accord with current scholarly standards and practices *
5.Examine all issues, theories, assumptions, materials, etc. presented in the course through the lens of Scripture. *
6.Analyze the components of comprehensive trauma assessment, considering the differential impact trauma has on individuals, families, groups, and communities. * RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Cash, A. (2006). Wiley concise guides to mental health: Posttraumatic stress disorder. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9780471705130.
Courtois, C. A., & Ford, J. D. (2009). Treating complex traumatic stress disorders. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781606230398.
Friedman, M. (2006). Post-traumatic and acute stress disorders: The latest assessment and treatment strategies. Kansas City, MO: Compact Clinicals. ISBN: 9781887537223.
Friedman, M. J., Keane, T. M., & Resick, P. A. (2014). Handbook of PTSD: Science and practice (2nd ed.) . New York, NY: The Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781462516179.
Reyes, G., Elhai, J. D., & Ford, J. D. (2008). The encyclopedia of psychological trauma. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9780470110065.
Scott, M. J., & Stradling, S. G. (2006). Counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 9781412921008.
Van der Kolk, B. A., McFarlane, A. C., & Weisaeth. (2007). Traumatic stress: The effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781572304574.
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