Clinician to frontline soldier: A look at the roles and challenges of Army clinical psychologists in Iraq

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Moore, Bret A ^a,b   Reger, Greg M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b 85th Combat Stress Medical Detachment ^*  (United States)

^c US Air Force   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Clinical psychologists; Iraq; Military ethics; Military psychologists; War

Indexed keywords

ARMY; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; WAR;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, MILITARY; WAR;

EID: 33645100387     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20218     Document Type: Review

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