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Military Mental Health

Roughly 22 veterans commit suicide everyday. Never before has there been a greater need for better aid for American soldiers who struggle with depression. Veteran mental health services are essential in order to help our returning vets recover from their combat experiences. A Veteran's worst wounds may be the ones you can't see.

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  • The Untold War

    Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers

    Sherman, Nancy, 1951-
    A study of war's long-term consequences and the cost to soldiers and society.
    Book, 2010New York : W.W. Norton, c2010. — U22.3 .S44 2010
  • The Invisible Front

    Love and Loss in An Era of Endless War

    Dreazen, Yochi
    The story of a military family that lost two sons—one to suicide and one in combat. The parents of the sons channeled their grief into fighting the armed forces’ suicide epidemic.
    Book, 2014New York : Crown Publishers, [2014] — E897.4.G72 D73 2014
  • Tribe

    on Homecoming and Belonging

    Junger, Sebastian
    Discusses the concept of the tribe connection and its ability to satisfy the human quest for meaning and belonging.
    Book, 2016New York : Twelve, 2016. — HM716 .J86 2016
  • Junger follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
    Book, 2010New York : Twelve, 2010. — DS371.4123.K67 J86 2010
  • Once a Warrior, Always a Warrior

    Navigating the Transition From Combat to Home--including Combat Stress, PTSD, and mTBI

    Hoge, Charles W.
    This book navigates the transition from combat to home--including combat stress and PTSD.
    Book, 2010Guilford, Conn. : GPP Life, c2010. — RC550 .H64 2010
  • Afterwar

    Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers

    Sherman, Nancy, 1951-
    Afterwar focuses on the moral injuries of war and argues that psychology and medicine alone are inadequate to help veterans coming home from war.
    Book, 2015Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015] — U22.3 .S439 2015
  • Follows soldiers who served in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society.
    Book, 2013New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. — DS79.767.P79 F56 2013
  • Wounded Warrior Handbook

    a Resource Guide for Returning Veterans

    Moore, Janelle
    A resource guide for returning veterans.
    Book, 2015Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. — UB363 .P55 2015
  • What Have We Done

    the Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars

    Wood, David
    A look at war and those who volunteer for it, the pride of service, and the scars of moral injury.
    Book, 2016New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. — U22.3 .W66 2016