Introduction / Arthur Freeman, Sharon Morgillo Freeman, and Bret A. Moore --
Part I Understanding the service member --
The soldier's mind: motivation, mindset, and attitude / Michael D. Matthews --
Training to the warrior ethos: implications for clinicians treating military members and their families / John R. Christian, James R. Stivers, and Morgan T. Sammons --
Challenges and threats of deployment / Greg M. Reger and Bret A. Moore --
Integration of women into the modern military / Carrie H. Kennedy and Rosemary C. Malone --
Part II On being a service member --
Military stress: effects of acute, chronic, and traumatic stress on mental and physical health / Megan M. Kelly and Dawne S. Vogt --
Vulnerability factors: raising and lowering the threshold for response / Arthur Freeman and Sharon Morgillo Freeman --
Scanning for danger: readjustment to the noncombat environment / Lauren M. Conoscenti, Vera Vine, Anthony Papa, and Brett T. Litz --
Assessment and evaluation: collecting the requisite building blocks for treatment planning / Arthur Freeman and Sharon Morgillo Freeman --
Part III The individual service member - intervention --
Theoretical base for treatment of military personnel / Arthur Freeman and Bret A. Moore --
Core psychotherapeutic tasks with returning soldiers: a case conceptualization approach / Donald Meichenbaum --
Treatment of anxiety disorders / David S. Riggs --
Depression and suicide: a diathesis-stress model for understanding and treatment / M. David Rudd --
Substance use, misuse, and abuse: impaired problem solving and coping / Sharon Morgillo Freeman and Michael R. Hurst, reviewed by Hugh Ruesser --
Characteristics, effects, and treatment of sleep disorders in service members / Bret A. Moore and Barry Krakow --
After the battle: violence and the warrior / Bret A. Moore, C. Alan Hopewell, and David Grossman --
Myths and realities of pharmacotherapy in the military / Sharon Morgillo Freeman, Leslie Lundt, Edward J. Swanton, and Bret A. Moore --
Part IV The service member's family and community - intervention --
War and children coping with parental deployment / P. Alex Mabe --
Intimate relationships and the military / Judith A. Lyons --
Military children; the sometimes orphans of war / Judith A. Cohen, Robin F. Goodman, Carole L. Campbell, Bonnie Carroll, and Heather Campagna --
Community response to returning military / Walter Erich Penk and Nathan Ainspan --
Issues of grief, loss, honor, and remembrance: spirituality and work with military personnel and their families / Kent D. Drescher, Marissa Burgoyne, Elizabeth Casas, Lauren Lovato, Erika Curran, Ilona Pivar, and David W. Foy --
Future directions: trauma, resilience, and recovery research / Alan L. Peterson, Jeffrey A. Cigrang, and William Isler.