Download or read book Military Sexual Trauma in Female Veterans Psychoeducation and Treatment Approaches written by Jeanne Spence and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative guide was created to help civilian therapists, interns and trainees work with military personal, specifically with female veterans who are survivors of a Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and present with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). When becoming a therapist, cultural awareness is always important. When working with military or veteran clients, learning about military culture is equally important. Some military personal, active duty and/or veterans prefer a military therapist because they perceive he or she understands the culture and the language and will save the client hours trying to explain military life. This guide will provide civilians with psychoeducation on sexual assaults in the military; how common they are, how often they go unreported, and why. It will also explain how the military culture can both amplify the psychological impact of a sexual assault and impede the recovery process. Finally, this guide will outline the negative ramifications of MST and PTSD in female veterans, such as avoidance and substance problems, and enumerate multiple treatment options. Some are evidence based, some are not; however, all are described in this manual.
Download or read book Treating Military Sexual Trauma written by Lori S. Katz and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incidence of sexual assault and harassment experienced by members of the US Armed forces has reached epidemic proportions. Its victims often suffer from devastating, life-long consequences to their careers, health, relationships, and psychological wellbeing. This authoritative resource is written for mental health clinicians about understanding and treating military sexual trauma (MST). With contributions from top experts in the field, this book presents information on evidence-based and emerging treatments to address the complex symptoms related to MST. This text provides a solid foundation for clinicians who work with veterans and active duty military personnel and discusses how to address the unique challenges of treating MST in their clients.
Download or read book Military Sexual Trauma Current Knowledge and Future Directions written by Carolyn B Allard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Sexual Trauma: Current Knowledge and Future Directions showcases the work of several prominent military sexual trauma (MST) researchers, scholars, and clinicians from across the United States. A review of existing research and original empirical findings converge to indicate that MST contributes to a range of physical health problems, complex posttraumatic responses, and other mental health consequences above and beyond the effects of other types of traumatic experiences. This collection also presents evidence suggesting that MST is often difficult to identify both within the individual military member and within the military population as a whole. Recommendations are offered for addressing this problem. In addition to the research review and empirical findings, an evolutionary framework for understanding sexual assault of women in the military is presented. Taken together, this collection of works may inform MST intervention and prevention efforts. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.
Download or read book Safety for Survivors written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Sexual Trauma Among Female Veterans written by Maria Acevedo (Graduate student) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the implementation of the universal screener by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to identify military sexual trauma (MST) many female veterans continue to experience sexual assaults. To better understand where the disparity exists, a literature review was conducted to review studies that discuss and provide information on the mental and physical health risks and outcomes of MST among female veterans. Four electronic databases were searched using the key words: military, veteran, MST, cognitive processing therapy studies, females, military sexual trauma, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual violence, military culture, treatment, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cultural Spillover Theory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depressive Disorder (DD) and Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD). Of the 1,079 documents found, 16 studies met inclusion criteria. The majority examined CPT as a successful method of intervention and treatment for veterans who had experienced PTSD, depression, and SUD linked to MST. Limitations were present as a few studies offered a larger sample size contributing to generalization of the study. Findings have implications for social workers who may provide counseling for veterans as they may lack specific military education and the knowledge on how to address veteran related issues.
Download or read book Understanding and Treating Military Sexual Trauma written by Kristen Zaleski and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative update presents current findings on--and clinically and ethically sound responses to--the epidemic of sexual assault in the military. It examines in powerful detail how military culture enables a pervasive subculture of sexual violence, from consistently devaluing women to blaming victims and denying them justice. The author's dual attachment/trauma theory lens attends to a wide range of outcomes such as unit members closing ranks against survivors and the continuing impact of assault trauma on veterans' lives. And the book's second half critiques standard forms of treating military sexual trauma in favor of individualized therapy addressing the physical, psychological, and neurological aspects of trauma and recovery. This important volume covers: · Theory and history of sexual violence as a weapon of war. · Legal and health considerations in the aftermath of military sexual assault. · Critical distinctions between military and civilian legal response to sexual assault. · Variations in symptomology among survivors. · Specific barriers to services for male and LGBT survivors. · New and emerging treatment options for military sexual trauma/PTSD. This Second Edition of Understanding and Treating Military Sexual Trauma follows its predecessor as an essential reference on its subject for mental health clinicians treating sexual trauma in the military as well as trauma researchers, sociologists, women's health practitioners, and university students whose focus is women's studies, public policy, public health, social work, psychology, sociology, or political science.
Download or read book Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma written by Marylene Cloitre and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now revised and expanded with 50% new content reflecting important clinical refinements, this manual presents a widely used evidence-based therapy approach for adult survivors of chronic trauma. Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) Narrative Therapy helps clients to build crucial social and emotional resources for living in the present and to break the hold of traumatic memories. Highly clinician friendly, the book provides everything needed to implement STAIR--including 68 reproducible handouts and session plans--and explains the approach's theoretical and empirical bases. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. First edition title: Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life. New to This Edition *Reorganized, simplified sessions make implementation easier. *Additional session on emotion regulation, with a focus on body-based strategies. *Sessions on self-compassion and on intimacy and closeness in relationships. *Chapter on emerging applications, such as group and adolescent STAIR, and clinical contexts, such as primary care and telemental health. *Many new or revised handouts--now downloadable. *Updated for DSM-5 and ICD-11.
Download or read book Warrior Renew written by Lori S. Katz, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ìKnowing the results of Dr. Katzís work and the many lives that she has changed, I feel delighted to endorse [her] Warrior Renew workbook for men and women seeking healing from MST. Although the high prevalence rates of MST are discouraging, I am confident that Warrior Renew can reach many, many MST survivors and provide the hope and healing that they need.î -Lt. Col. Patricia Jackson-Kelley Los Angeles County Veterans Advisory Commission Quotes from Past Participants: ìThank you for your efforts in turning my life around. I have faith now that my life will be as it should have been. Iíve gotten hope back. It truly does work.î ìI know now that I can conquer anything I put my heart and mind to. This (program) has saved my broken life.î ìYouíve helped me immensely, by healing from the inside out! Thank you! Hundreds of thousands of US military personnel have been victims of sexual assault and harassment. This client workbook is an essential part of an integrative, evidence-based treatment developed over many years by Lori S. Katz, PhD, to help survivors of Military Sexual Trauma (MST). The only workbook of its kind, it provides a wide range of therapeutic exercises and activities to help survivors restore their sense of safety and reclaim their lives. These include obtaining an in-depth understanding of MST, opportunities for self-discovery, and engaging the body with movement and relaxation exercises in a context of support, caring, and validation. This workbook is designed to help MST survivors understand normal reactions to MST and how to manage them. Readers will learn how to release the grips of anger and resentment, injustice, betrayal, self-blame, shame, and grief. They will learn how to deal with such physical symptoms as sleep problems and stress and engage in assessment of their own interpersonal patterns. The book also explores the impact of MST on relationships and how to cultivate and sustain healthy relationships, intimacy and sexuality. Additionally, the workbook can be used to help individuals who have experienced childhood and/or adult sexual abuse and trauma. Through Warrior Renew, survivors will be able to move forward in their lives by creating a new sense of identity, purpose, and self-worth. Key Features: Provides an effective, easy-to-use treatment for MST Addresses a variety of issues specific to MST such as injustice, betrayal, self-blame, effect on intimacy and trust, and emotional isolation Includes therapeutic activities including writing exercises, visualizations, relaxation and movement exercises, and group interactions
Download or read book Women and Military Sexual Trauma a Resilience Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have served in the military for decades, playing integral roles in both war and peacetime operations. However, at no time in history have women service members sacrificed more than in the past decade, when the many counterinsurgency operations that the nation has fought have forced women to participate directly in combat. With the population of women veterans continuing to rapidly grow, it has become crucial to examine these women's mental health needs. One of these needs includes addressing the epidemic of military sexual trauma. This Ed. S. research paper examines the nuances of military sexual trauma, including the implications that surviving a sexual assault may have within the military system. The purpose of the research is to familiarize mental health clinicians with, not only the military environment, but with what it means to be a woman serving in today's armed forces. By examining a few therapeutic interventions, including "bottom-up" sensorimotor approaches, which utilize the body as an entry point to unlocking emotions, as well as complementary interventions like yoga, therapists should be able to gain a better understanding of the general practices associated with treating women veterans.
Download or read book Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault written by Coreen Farris and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. The authors compared civilian and DoD guidelines for care and found them to be generally consistent. However, little is known about the fidelity with which DoD recommendations are implemented.
Download or read book The Relationships Between Military Sexual Assault Post traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide and on Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Treatment and Management of Victims of Sexual Trauma written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Personnel and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treating PTSD in Military Personnel Second Edition written by Bret A. Moore and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now revised and expanded, this state-of-the-science guide is edited and written by leading authorities. The volume covers the full range of effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and helps clinicians gain competency for working with service members and veterans.
Download or read book Silence Is Violence written by Heidi Lobstein and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reporting of incidents of sexual assault in the military has increased dramatically over the past ten years, with 6131 reported in 2014, up from 1700 incidents reported in 2004. Data on veterans shows about 1 in 4 women and 1 in 100 men report that they had experienced Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Existing research indicates that MST has been associated with increased screening rates of depression and alcohol abuse, in addition to significantly increased odds of meeting criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, MST has been associated with reporting increased number of current physical symptoms, impaired health status, and more chronic health problems in veterans. MST is an unrecognized epidemic, not talked about, yet having an impact on the health of our veterans today. It took me 37,287 words to describe the impact of sexual trauma in the military has had on my life. It has taken me over 30 years to come to terms with my experience where I can now write about it and speak about it. I want to educate people about rape in the military. Perhaps I will be able to help others by sharing my experience. To keep silent just perpetuates the violence and reinforces the culture of rape that has been accepted in the military. As a young girl in my twenties I entered the United States Air Force in 1987 for their post nursing school internship program to develop my nursing skills. Despite the horrific trauma, I went through I survived and graduated the nursing internship program, but the cost would be tremendous. The experience of being gang raped changed me in ways I couldn't articulate until recently. I grew up in Indiana and went to nursing school at Purdue University. My brother Darwin and I called it "Undue Perversity!" I went into the Air Force directly after nursing school. Since my military days, I have worked as a Psychiatric Nurse. I have experienced both sides of being on a psychiatric unit. I have been a patient suffering from PTSD after MST and I have taken care of psychiatric patients. I was working at the Veteran's Administration with patients, some of whom have had MST. My insight and perspective in this book will be helpful to both practitioners helping veterans and to other veterans suffering from sexual trauma as well.
Download or read book The Impact of Experiential Avoidance on the Relationships Among Military Sexual Trauma Excessive Behaviors and Health related Outcomes in Female Veterans written by Natalie Kate Nugent and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Sexual Trauma (MST) as defined in United States Public Law, refers to inappropriate sexual conduct, assault, or harassment experienced by a military servicemember during his or her course of active duty or active duty for training (38 U.S.C. ℗ʹ 1720D). MST has emerged as a distinct form of trauma, resulting in different and often more severe sequelae than other forms of civilian sexual assault and/or non-sexual trauma. This study sought to explore the potential moderating and mediating roles of experiential avoidance on the relationship between MST and health outcomes in an attempt to identify a unifying mechanism through which poor outcomes were more likely to emerge or become amplified. Participants included 65 female veterans seeking treatment through the women's health clinic located within the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS). Eligible participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing for the presence of trauma exposure, including MST, experiential avoidance, and potential outcomes such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, physical health concerns, and engagement in excessive/problem behaviors. Within this sample, 29.2% of respondents endorsed exposure to MST. Subsequent mediation and moderation analyses were computed and it was determined that experiential avoidance partially mediated the relationship between MST exposure and PTSD symptomatology. Furthermore, levels of experiential avoidance, PTSD, anxiety, and physical health concerns varied as a result of trauma exposure type (i.e., MST, civilian sexual assault/childhood sexual abuse, or non-sexual trauma). These findings support the hypothesis that MST exposure is associated with poorer post-trauma functioning across a variety of symptoms measures. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the presence of experiential avoidance may impact post-trauma functionality. Implications for the treatment of MST are discussed.
Download or read book Operation Women First written by Marisol O. Espinoza and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this project was to design a military sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder program for women veterans, to identify a potential funding source, and to complete a federal grant application to fund a program for U.S. Women Veterans in Orange County, California. The proposed program incorporates evidence-based therapies to improve the mental health stability of women veterans following their post-deployment. The program is aimed to provide women with various forms of treatment from individual and group therapies including vocational training, education, research, civilian readjustment, work therapy and community outreach. The goal of Operation Women First is to provide effective mental health services in a nurturing and safe environment that increases greater self-determination and ultimately reintegrate women veterans to their communities to live and contribute in a constructive manner following post-deployment from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. This grant was written to meet the requirements for the funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs Grant and Per Diem Program. Actual submission and/or funding of the grant was not required for the successful completion of this grant proposal.
Download or read book The Female Veteran written by Ty Will and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incredibly, more than 3,000 women in the United States military report Military Sexual Trauma (MST) each year. Yet, to date, the military seems unwilling or unable to provide its own woman soldiers with the care they deserve and unable to prevent these atrocities from occurring in the first place. With The Female Veteran, female military veteran Ty Will tells her own deeply personal account of rape at the hands of her sergeant, and her experience with seeking treatment from a VA ill-equipped to deal with the pervasive issue. The Female Veteran is a must-read for all veterans and their families particularly those with a mother, daughter, aunt or sister in the armed forces -- as well as those considering entering the military.
Download or read book Sexual Harassment in the VA Workplace and VA Health Care for Women Veterans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
