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The Hunter College School of Social Work has made assisting veterans returning from service in Afghanistan and Iraq a priority. The School of Social Work Library has several books on the topic, including some that address the experiences of veterans from previous conflicts like the war in Vietnam. Also listed are several excellent electronic resources available online from the federal government as well as links to full-text articles available through HC Libraries’ databases.

Books at the Hunter College School of Social Work Library

• Carll, Elizabeth:
  Trauma psychology: Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness
  RC552 .P67 T552 2007
• Armstrong, Keith:
  Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families
  UH629 .A76 2006
• MacNair, Rachel:
  Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress : the Psychological Consequences of Killing
  BF175.5 .M32 2005
• Lindy, Jacob:
  Vietnam : a Casebook
  RC552 .P67 L56 1988
• Williams, Tom:
  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders : a Handbook for Clinicians
  RC550 .P68 1987
• Milgram, Norman:
  Stress and Coping in Time of War : Generalizations from the Israeli Experience
  BF575 .S75 S772 1986
• Schwartz, Harvey J.:
  Psychotherapy of the Combat Veteran
  RC550 .P78 1984
• Allerton, William and Peter C. Bourne:
  The Psychology and Physiology of Stress, with Reference to Special Studies of the Viet Nam War
  UH629 .P78 1969

Online Electronic Resources

• Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Improve Health Care and Disability Evaluations for Returning Service Members
  
• Task Force Report to the President: Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
  
• Serve, Support, Simplify: Report of the President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors
  
• Returning From the War Zone: A Guide for Military Personnel
  
• Iraq War Clinician Guide

Full Text Articles from Our Databases

• Bringing It All Back Home: Social Work and the Challenge of Returning Veterans
  By: Wheeler, Darrell P.; Bragin, Martha. Health & Social Work, Nov2007, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p297-300
• Veteran’s Benefits
  By: Mark Pryor; Senator. FDCH Congressional Testimony, 06/08/2006
• Many War Vets’ Stress Disorders Go Untreated
  By: Gregg Zoroya. USA Today, 05/11/2006
• The Things They Carry
  By: Brant, Martha. Newsweek, 9/5/2005, Vol. 146 Issue 9/10, p36.
• It’s All In Our Minds
  By: Zinczenko, David. Men’s Health (10544836), Dec2007, Vol. 22 Issue 10, p24.
• Soldiers’ and Marines’ Mental Health
  Congressional Digest, Nov2007, Vol. 86 Issue 9, p262-263.
• Army Illness Increases
  Therapy Today, Jun2006, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p9.
• Suicidal and Homicidal Soldiers in Deployment Environments
  By: Hill, Jeffrey V.; Johnson, Robert C.; Barton, Richard A.. Military Medicine, Mar2006, Vol. 171 Issue 3, p228-232.
• Casualty of War
  By: Hollandsworth, Skip. Texas Monthly, Mar2006, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p164-279.
• War Not Necessarily Bad for Health
  CPJ: Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal, Jul2005, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p14.
• Battling the Effects of War
  By: Tyre, Peg. Newsweek, 12/6/2004, Vol. 144 Issue 23, p68-70.
• Troops to be Screened for Effects of War in Iraq
  Occupational Health, Mar2004, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p4.
• Suicide Rates Rise Among Soldiers in Iraq
  Lancet, 1/24/2004, Vol. 363 Issue 9405, p300.
• When Suicide Seems Painless
  By: Allen, Tom. New Statesman, 11/10/2003, Vol. 132 Issue 4663, p17.
• In Iraq, in Uniform, and in Turmoil
  By: Szegedy-Maszak, Marianne. U.S. News & World Report, 10/13/2003, Vol. 135 Issue 12, p46-47.