Ainspan / Penk When the Warrior Returns

Making the Transition at Home
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61251-091-0
Verlag: Naval Institute Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, EPUB

Nearly two million soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen have been deployed in recent conflicts.
When the Warrior Returns addresses the practical and psychological needs of the families of these transitioning service members and provides a convenient list of key resources. Combining the knowledge of fifty experts, the book provides answers to questions about the post-deployment transition process, how it affects families, and how family members can help their service members and themselves navigate the transition successfully as a family. These experts provide straightforward answers to questions about the transition process and how it impacts the warrior and their children. A one-stop source of information filled with useful advice, this book is unequalled. The book features a foreword by Patty Shinseki and is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ainspan, Nathan

Penk, Walter E.

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan D. Ainspan has conducted research, written, and spoken extensively about the psychological issues impacting wounded and transitioning service members. His focus has been on improving civilian employment opportunities for returning service members and the positive impact that employment can have on service members with PTSD, TBI, and other injuries. He works with the U.S. Army as a senior personnel psychologist in Virginia. He lives in Arlington, VA. Walter Penk has served as a Clinical and Research Psychologist at VA Medical Centers in Houston, Dallas, Boston, and Bedford, Massachusetts. He held clinical faculty appointments at medical schools: Southwestern, Tufts, Boston University, University of Massachusetts, Harvard, and now Texas A&M. His specializes in psychosocial rehabilitation and PTSD, having published 135 papers, and coauthor of Returning Wars' Wounded, Injured, and Ill and Treating PTSD Among Military Personnel. He lives in New Braunfels, TX.