Issues of grief loss honor and remembrance: Spirituality and work with military personnel and their families

Living and Surviving in Harm's Way: A Psychological Treatment Handbook for Pre- and Post-Deployment of Military Personnel

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 437-466

  Drescher, Kent D ^a,b   Burgoyne, Marissa ^c   Casas, Elizabeth ^c,d   Lovato, Lauren ^c   Curran, Erika ^g   Pivar, Ilona ^e,f   Foy, David W ^c  

^a National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pepperdine Community Counseling Center   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Graduate School of Education and Psychology Pepperdine University ^*

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203893906     Document Type: Chapter

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