Combat Social Work

Charles R. Figley, PhD, is the Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health; Director of the Traumatology Institute; and Professor in the School of Social Work at Tulane University.COL Jeffrey S. Yarvis PhD, LCSW, BCD is a 34 year veteran of the U.S. Army, former commander of a combat hospital and decorated combat veteran as a social worker earning the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge for leadership and actions taken under fire. He is also an adjunct professor for Texas A&M University-Central Texas.Bruce Thyer, PhD, MSW, is Distinguished Research Professor in the College of Social Work at Florida State University. Dr. Thyer is a veteran of the United States Army.

Combat Social Work (2020) responds appropriately to the research questions and main objectives, allowing readers to walk away with greater insight and knowledge into the combat social worker experience and how the lessons learned by those social workers can be applied to help better prepare all social workers who navigate challenges both themselves and for their clients. This book would serve as a useful reference and study book for all social workers in any field of the profession.

• ContributorsIntroduction Section 1. Orientation to Combat and the Combat Social Worker Chapter 1. The Life of a Combat Social WorkerJeffrey S. Yarvis Chapter 2. Life After Deployment: The Work of Combat Social Work in GarrisonJeffrey S. Yarvis and Charles R. Figley Section 2. Combat Social Worker Stories and Lessons Chapter 3. Dark Mornings to New BeginningsShad Meshad Chapter 4. Combat Social Work in Vietnam, 1968-1969Raymond Monsour Scurfield Chapter 5. The Journey of Serving as an Army Reserve Social WorkerVaughn A. DeCoster Chapter 6. War Stories of a Brigade Behavioral Health OfficerDebra M. Stone Chapter 7. Combat Social Work in Afghanistan, 2010-2011: An Interview with Thomas StokesThomas J. Stokes with Naomi North Chapter 8. Deployment of a Social WorkerEric J. Kirwan Chapter 9. Navy Combat Social WorkerAlyssa L. Gibbons Chapter 10. The Professor Goes to War: Serving as Team Leader for a Combat Stress Unit in IraqCathleen A. Lewandowski Chapter 11. Combat Social Work in Afghanistan, 2009-2010: Leading a Combat Stress Control DetachmentRandal C. Nedegaard Chapter 12. Triumph Over Adversity: A Journey From Vietnam's Son to Combat's HealerChristopher Lee Atkins Chapter 13. Social Work at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, AfghanistanDan M. Grinstead Section 3. Conclusions for Paying Forward the Lessons of War Chapter 14. Ted Studebaker: Combat Social Worker Warrior for PeaceBruce A. Thyer Chapter 15. Combat Social Work: Preparing the Next Generation of PractitionersCharles R. Figley, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, and Bruce A. Thyer