Foreword; Disclaimer; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1: The Road to€Iraq; 1.1 The Beginning; 1.2 Hitting the€Road; 1.3 Kuwait; 1.4 Camp New€York; 1.5 Convoy into Iraq; 1.6 Iraq; 1.7 A Few More Convoy Adventures; 1.8 Latrine Issues; 1.9 Boosting Morale; 1.10 Conclusion; 2: Farm Boy Turned Military Psychologist: A€Summary of€War Deployment Experiences, Struggles, and€Coping; Reference; 3: Someone Always Has It Worse: The€Convoy to€Balad; 4: Psychiatrists in€Combat: From€the€Deckplates to€Division; 4.1 Why Did I€Join The€Military?; 4.2 Preparation for€Greenside.

11.1 The Value of€Research in€Making Good Policy and€Program Decisions11.2 Conducting Your Wartime Mission in€Peacetime; 11.3 Dying for€a€Data Point; 11.4 Courage, Research and€Leadership; 11.5 The Failure to€Learn from€Lessons Learned; 12: From Battalion Surgeon to€Combat Psychiatrist: Three Tours in€Iraq and€Afghanistan; 12.1 Before Psychiatry; 12.2 When a€Residency Feels Like€a€Chance to€Catch My Breath; 12.3 A Return to€War; 13: "Oh, The€Things You€Can Find"; Reference; 14: Chronicles from€the€Cradle of€Civilization; 14.1 Green Clovers and€Purple Horseshoes.

4.3 Reporting as€Division Surgeon4.4 Predeployment; 4.5 Into Theater; 4.6 Crossing the€Line of€Departure; 4.7 Improvise, Adapt, Overcome; 4.8 Restoration Operations; 4.9 Leaving Theater; 4.10 Return and€Reunion; 4.11 Clinical Pearls; 4.12 Lessons Learned; 4.13 Reflections; 5: Occupational Therapists Share Deployment Experiences from€Iraq and€Afghanistan; 5.1 What Is Occupational Therapy?; 5.1.1 Brief History of€Occupational Therapy in€Military Populations; 5.1.2 Challenges Facing Deployed Occupational Therapists; 5.2 Personal Experiences; 5.2.1 Leaving for€the€Warzone.

5.2.2 Dangers of€the€Warzone and€Its Unique Stressors5.2.3 Burnout; 5.2.4 Different Missions/Goals Deployed Occupational Therapists Face; 5.2.5 Expanded Roles of€the€Occupational Therapist While Deployed; 5.2.6 Reintegration into the€Civilian Community; 5.3 Final Words; References; 6: The Most Efficient Marine; 7: The Purposeful Doctor; 7.1 Rules of€Leadership; 7.2 Deployment: Cold to€Hot; 7.3 Meeting the€Patients Where They Are at; 7.4 Reintegration; 7.5 Destiny; 8: The Iraqi Heart of€Darkness: A€Visit to€Abu Ghraib.

9: The Two Sides of€Modern-Day American Combat: From€Camp Austerity to€Camp Chocolate Cake9.1 Prelude; 9.2 Deployment 1: Camp Austerity; 9.3 An Interlude; 9.4 Deployment 2: Camp Chocolate Cake; 10: Zero to€Sixty: From€Residency to€the€War Zone; 10.1 Lesson 1: Establish Rapport and€Respect by€Showing You€Are a€Soldier and€Willing to€Accept Risk; 10.2 Lesson 2: Don't Limit Yourself to€A€Clinic; 10.3 Lesson 3: Be€Prudent in€Your Risk Taking; 10.4 Lesson 4: We€Must Be€Held to€a€Higher Standard; 10.5 Conclusion; References; 11: Research at the€Tip of€the€Spear.

This book tells the professional and personal experiences of American military psychiatrists and their fellow mental health providers in the longest conflict in American history. These men and women treat service members for the psychological consequences from their experiences in battle, including killing enemy combatants; seeing wounded and killed civilian casualties; losing their friends in combat; factoring in personal mental health needs, ; and potentially dealing with their own physical injuries from being shot or blown up. The volume consists of 20 short first-person case studies from mental health providers who have been risking their lives while treating patients in the battlefield since 9/11. Written by experts who have experienced these challenges directly, this text offers both clinical and personal accounts that are not found elsewhere. Topics include tips on providing psychotherapy in battle, evaluating and treating detainees in war prisons such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and the unique challenges of prescribing medication to patients who are also comrades in war. Psychiatrists in Combat; Mental Health Clinicians in the War Zone is uniquely positioned to be a valuable resource for psychiatrists interested in trauma and veterans, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, military health personnel, and mental health professionals interested in military psychiatry.