Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans

I. Introduction
1. The Basics of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Administrative Issues, and Cultural Competency
Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
2. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening in US Military and VA Populations
Daniel J. Lee, Christopher H. Warner, and Charles W. Hoge
3. Therapeutic Alliance in the Treatment of Combat PTSD
James C. West
4. Shame and Moral Injury in an Operating Iraqi Freedom Combat Veteran
Jonathan R. Dettmer, Erika M. Kappes, and Patcho N. Santiago
 
II. Established and Evidence-Based Treatments
5. Updates in Psychopharmacology for PTSD and Related Conditions: Focus on the Active Duty Service Member
 
Elspeth Cameron Ritchie and Christopher S. Nelson
6. Prolonged Exposure for Combat Veterans with PTSD
Connie L. Barko, Rohul Amin, and Joshua N. Friedlander
7. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat-Related PTSD Judith Cukor, Maryrose Gerardi, Stephanie Alley, Christopher Reist, Michael Roy, Barbara O. Rothbaum, JoAnn Difede, and Albert Rizzo
8. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Treatment-Resistant PTSD
Joseph E. Wise
 
III. Emerging Treatments
9. Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Wendi M. Waits, Kevin E. Kip, and Diego F. Hernandez
10. Meditation for Combat-Related Mental Health Concerns
Marina Khusid
11. Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of PTSD
Geoffrey G. Grammer, Jeffrey T. Cole, Cody J. Rall, and Caroline C. Scacca
12. Adding a Face and the Story to the Data: Acupuncture for PTSD in the Military
Anita H. Hickey and Robert Koffman
13. The Use of Stellate Ganglion Block in the Treatment of Panic/Anxiety Symptoms (Including Suicidal Ideation), with Combat-Related PTSD
Eugene Lipov
14. Canine Connection Therapy: Finding Purpose and Healing Through the Training of Service Dogs
Meg Daley Olmert,
Michelle Nordstrom, Marshall Peters, Matthew St. Laurent, and Rick Yount
 
IV. Comorbidities
15. Trauma and Pain: Linking Emotional and Physical Symptoms
Genelle Weits
16. The Multifactorial Approach to PTSD in the Active Duty Military Population
Rita Richardson, William D. Rumbaugh, Jr., and Hanna Zembrzuska
17. Comorbid PTSD, Bipolar I and Substance Use Disorder
Rachel Sullivan
18. Psychosis Masquerading as PTSD
Eric G. Meyer and Brian W. Writer
19. The Mefloquine Intoxication Syndrome: A Significant Potential Confounder in the Diagnosis and Management of PTSD and other Chronic Deployment-Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Remington Nevin and Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
20. Polytrauma with Sexual Dysfunction in a Female Soldier Following IED Blast Exposure
Jonathan R. Dettmer, Shannon C. Ford, and Kyle J. Gray
21. A Community Building Approach to PTSD Using the Arts in a Military Hospital SettingSeema Reza, Kerrie Earley, and Matthew St. Laurent
 
V. Cultural Competence/Special Populations
22. Mental Health Care of Special Operations Forces
Paul Sargent
23. Treating War-Related Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure: A Case Study
Alexandra L. Laifer, Amy D. Amidon, Ariel J. Lang, and Brett T. Litz
24. Treatment of Conversion Disorder with PTSD
Paulette T. Cazares
25. Intimate Relationship Distress and Combat-Related PTSD
Nicholas Tamoria, Miguel Alampay, and Patcho Santiago