Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide

Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide reviews the most advanced scientific understanding of the phenomenon of active duty and veteran suicide, while providing a useful, hands-on clinical guide for those working with this population.

Bruce Bongar, PhD, ABPP, FAPM, CPsychol, CSci, is the Calvin Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Palo Alto University and served as Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University's School of Medicine as well as Co-Chair and Director of Training for the PGSP-Stanford doctor of psychology program. For over three decades, Professor Bongar's research and published work has focused on the wide-ranging complexities of therapeutic interventions with difficult patients in general, and on suicide and life-threatening behaviors in particular. Glenn Sullivan, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Virginia Military Institute. In addition to his numerous publications and presentations, Dr. Sullivan maintains an active private practice in Lexington, Virginia. His clinical specializations include psychological assessment, forensic evaluation, and the treatment of combat veterans. Larry Charles James, PhD, ABPP, is the President and CEO of the Wright Behavioral Health Group, LLC, and is a Professor at Wright State University. Dr. James retired as a Colonel from the United States Army and served as the Chair of Psychology at both Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Tripler Army Medical Center. Colonel James was awarded both the Bronze Star and the Defense Superior Service Medal.

- 1. Introduction into Military Suicide - Elvin Sheykhani, Lori Holleran, Kasie Hummel, and Bruce Bongar - 2. Why suicide? - Victoria Kendrick, Lori Holleran, David Hart, Dana Lockwood, Tracy Vargo, and Bruce Bongar - 3. Suicide and the American military's experience in Iraq and Afghanistan - Joseph Tomlins, Whitney Bliss, Larry James, Bruce Bongar - 4. Suicide in the Army National Guard: Findings, Interpretative Framework, and Implications for Intervention - James Griffith - 5. Combat experience and the acquired capability for suicide - Craig J. Bryan, Tracy A. Clemans, and Ann Marie Hernandez - 6. Combat-related killing and suicide through the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of suicide - Lindsey L. Monteith and Shira Maguen - 7. Suicide risk assessment with combat veterans - Part I: Contextual factors - Christoper G. AhnAllen, Abby Adler, and Phillip M. Kleespies - 8. Suicide risk assessment with combat veterans - Part II: Assessment and Management - Phillip M. Kleespies, Abby Adler, and Christoper G. AhnAllen - 9. Driving Themselves to Death: Covert and Subintentioned Suicide among Veterans - Glenn R. Sullivan, Phillip C. Kroke, Timothy Hostler - 10. Identifying MMPI-2 risk factors for suicide - John J. Barreto and Roger L. Greene - 11. Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Military Personnel and Veterans - Brad Johnson and Gerry Koocher - 12. Evidence-based treatments for the treatment of PTSD: Clinical considerations for PTSD and comorbid suicidality - Afsoon Eftekhari, Sara J. Landes, Katherine C. Bailey, Hana Shin, and Josef I. Ruzek - 13. The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) with suicidal service members - David A. Jobes, Blaire C. Schembari, and Keith Jennings - 14. Healing the hidden wounds of war: Treating the combat veteran with PTSD at risk for suicide - Herbert Hendin - 15. Traumatic brain injury and suicide - Beeta Y. Homaifar, Melodi Billera, Sean M. Barnes, Nazanin Bahraini, and Lisa A. Brenner - 16. U.S. Special Operations Preservation of the Task Force and Family Task Force - Bruce Bongar, Kathryn Maslowski, Catherine Hausman, Danielle Spangler, and Tracy Vargo - 17. Managing Suicide in the Older Veteran - Bavna B. Vyas, Lisa M. Brown, David Dosa, and Diane L. Elmore - 18. Person-centered prevention of suicide in primary care settings - Paul R. Duberstein, Marsha Wittink, and Wilfred R. Pigeon - 19. Caring letters for military suicide prevention - David D. Luxton