Introduction : "these unseen wounds cut deep" -- "At the time people hadn't been asking those sorts of questions" : Army mental health research between Vietnam and Iraq -- "This was a different war" : mental health as crisis and enigma amid growing opposition to the Iraq War -- "Callous disregard of veterans' rights is of a piece with the administration's entire approach to war" : veteran suicide and anti-war sentiment -- "The culture of the Army wasn't ready" : stigma, access, and the politics of organizational change -- "Military families are quietly coming apart at the seams" : managing family mental health and critiquing the Iraq War -- "The limited science of the brain" : traumatic brain injury and scientific uncertainty during wartime -- "Leaders can once again determine the kind of culture the Army is building" : active duty suicide and anxiety over Army culture -- "The challenge to the VA is execution and implementation" : VA suicide prevention in a moment of mistrust -- Conclusion : "they will start to bring the ... lessons that they learned back into their communities" : comprehensive soldier and family fitness, the resiliency debate, and the future of mental health in the Army and America
Summary
""Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis" explores the topic of mental illness in the military"-- Provided by publisher
