Handbook of Military Psychology: Clinical and Organizational Practice

Stephen V. Bowles · Paul T. Bartone

Dec 2017 · Springer

About this ebook

This expert compendium surveys the current state of military psychology across the branches of service at the clinical, research, consulting, and organizational levels. Its practical focus examines psychological adjustment pre- and post-deployment, commonly-encountered conditions (e.g., substance abuse), and the promotion of well-being, sleep, mindfulness, and resilience training. Coverage pays particular attention to uses of psychology in selection and assessment of service personnel in specialized positions, and training concerns for clinicians and students choosing to work with the military community. Chapters also address topics of particular salience to a socially conscious military, including PTSD, sexual harassment and assault, women’s and LGBT issues, suicide prevention, and professional ethics.

Among the specific chapters topics covered:

· Military deployment psychology: psychologists in the forward environment.

· Stress and resilience in married military couples.

· Assessment and selection of high-risk operational personnel: processes,

procedures, and underlying theoretical constructs.

· Understanding and addressing sexual harassment and sexual assault in the US

military.

· Virtual reality applications for the assessment and treatment of PTSD.

· Plus international perspectives on military psychology from China, Australia, India, and more.

Grounding its readers in up-to-date research and practice, Military Psychology will assist health psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers in understanding and providing treatment for military populations, veterans, and their families, as well as military psychologists in leadership and consulting positions.

About the author

COL (Ret) Stephen V. Bowles Ph.D., ABPP, is currently serving as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University and is an Adjunct Faculty at the Uniformed Services University. He served 27 years in the U. S. Army, is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and is a graduate of The Eisenhower School at the National Defense University. He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology. He is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical health psychology. Dr. Bowles is the incoming President-elect of the Society for Military Psychology, and is a past-President of the District of Columbia Psychology Association. His more recent publications and presentations are in the areas of adaptive leadership and coaching, couples resilience, family fitness, mindfulness, organizational fitness, and well-being.

COL (Ret) Paul T. Bartone, Ph.D., is Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Bartone has taught leadership at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, where he also served as Director of the Leader Development Research Center. While on active duty, Dr. Bartone was the senior Research Psychologist in the U.S. Army, and served as Research Psychology Consultant to the Surgeon General, and as Assistant Corps Chief for the Medical Allied Sciences. He is a past-President of the American Psychological Association's Society for Military Psychology, a charter member of the Association for Psychological Science, and a life member of the American Psychological Association. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology and Human Development from the University of Chicago.