Emerging findings on trauma in the military.

Kendall–Tackett, Kathleen

doi:10.1037/tra0000459

Cited by 6 publications

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“…In the long run, implementing the VC-T is an attempt to build a mental health workforce prepared to provide services to servicemembers and veterans alike. Given what is already known about the mental health challenges of the military population (see Kendall-Tackett, 2019), the training of future mental health specialty providers should leverage and implement current technological advances.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a recent special issue devoted to trauma and the military, Kendall-Tackett (2019) highlighted emergent findings related to mental health challenges faced by military service members. Consistent with past studies conducted more than a decade ago (e.g., Milliken et al, 2007; Smith et al, 2008), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) continues to be the most persistent concern.…”

Section: Potential Of Advanced Training Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparing the training effectiveness of virtual reality and role play among future mental health providers.

Atuel

Kintzle

2021

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: The present study compares the effectiveness of a standardized peer-to-peer role play (RP) and a virtual client-trainer (VC-T) in training graduate-level students in the development of interviewing and clinical skills related to working with the military population. The study examines each training modality in six areas: (a) self-efficacy, (b) initial engagement, (c) recognizing and responding to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, (d) recognizing and responding to symptoms of suicide, (e) military cultural competence, and (f) overall competence. Method: A quasi-experimental nonequivalent groups study design was used. The sample comprised students enrolled in a graduate-level program (RP = 61; VC-T = 75). Participants completed pretest measures, attended training, and completed posttest measures. Results: Broadly, the findings revealed that RP and the VC-T are equally effective in increasing trainees’ self-efficacy, recognition and response to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, recognition and response to suicide symptoms, military cultural competence, and overall competence. These results suggest that regardless of training modality, trainees demonstrated increased clinical skills and competencies needed for working with the military population. Conclusions: The results suggest that both RP and the VC-T are equally effective, which opens the possibilities of implementing the VC-T as a training tool that has greater reach compared with RP. As more graduate programs offer an online version of their traditional on-ground coursework, the VC-T is an opportunity to have 1 training platform for both on-ground and online students.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Potential Of Advanced Training Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing the training effectiveness of virtual reality and role play among future mental health providers.

Atuel

Kintzle

2021

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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“…For many years, research on combat trauma and its psychological and emotional effects has been enhanced and substantiated by the study of the testimony of male combatants and of the effects of combat on the development of psychological trauma (Kendall-Tackett, 2019;Turnbull, 1998;Zerach, 2023). Trauma research was later expanded to include the trauma of women and children who were victims of violence and sexual assault (Brownmiller, 1993;Harel-Shalev & Daphna-Tekoah, 2020b).…”

Section: Trauma: a Biological-psychological-social Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

“Routine trauma”—Awareness of combat trauma in women combatants.

Daphna-Tekoah,

Harel

2023

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: The current research aims to explore the nature of trauma experienced by female combatants. Method: Data were collected from two focus groups and a series of personal interviews with 100 women military veterans who had served in the Israel Defense Forces as combat or combat-support soldiers. Results: Interviews with these veterans revealed a variety of narratives about their war experiences, including an intertwining of the emotional and the physical. The ongoing danger and traumatic events that the combatants and combat-support soldiers faced on a daily basis were woven into their stories. These narratives indicated that—alongside their exposure to traumatic and potentially life-threatening situations—the soldiers also felt empowered and valued as a result of their military service. The women soldiers’ perspectives regarding their military service covered three main themes, “experiencing trauma,” “meaningful combat experiences,” and “the need to be heard.” Conclusions: Through qualitative research and narrative analysis, this study offers mental health professionals, policy makers, and scholars ways to gain a nuanced insight into women’s combat trauma that avoids categorization. Based on the research findings, we suggest that additional aspects of trauma can be understood through the study of women soldiers, who face a “double battle”—combat, with the attendant trauma, and the gendered biases of the masculine military environment. Our findings suggest that there is value in engaging with and listening to diverse narratives of trauma and emphasize the need for a critical perspective in the study of trauma and combat trauma.

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