Psychiatrists in Combat (eBook)

Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPHProfessor of PsychiatryUniformed Services of the Health Scientists301-801-4723LTC Christopher H WarnerLTC(P), MC,Ft Hood, Texas931-257-0522Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH COL (Ret) US Army Chief Medical Officer District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health Washington DC USA Acting Medical Director Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program Department of Behavioral Health Washington DC USA Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington DC USA Professor of Psychiatry Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Bethesda, MD USA Previous work experience includes: Psychiatry Consultant to the Army Surgeon General Chief, Forensic Psychiatry, Walter Reed Health Care System Chief, Inpatient Psychaitry, Walter Reed Health Care System Chief, Community Psychiatry, Walter Reed Health Care System Medals: Legion of Merit Expert Field Medical Badge Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal w/One Oak Leaf Clusters Army Commendation Medal w/Three Oak Leaf Clusters Global War of Terrorism Medal Army Achievement Medal Overseas Ribbon (Two) National Defense Service Medal (Two) Korean Service Ribbon Expeditionary Medal Dr. Ritchie was the chair for 9 workships during 2014 APA.

Foreword        

Preface

Contributors

2            1. The Road to Iraq

Kris Peterson

2. Farm Boy Turned Military Psychologist: A Summary of War Deployment Experiences, Struggles, and Coping

Layne D. Bennion

3. Someone Always Has It Worse: The Convoy to Balad

Robert D. Forsten

4. Psychiatrists in Combat: From the Deckplates to Division

Kevin D. Moore

5. Occupational Therapists Share Deployment Experiences from Iraq and Afghanistan

William Heath Sharp, Matthew St. Laurent, Michelle J. Nordstrom, Brian T. Gregg, and Kristin Yu

6. The Most Efficient Marine

Heidi S. Kraft

7. The Purposeful Doctor

Mary El Pearce

8. The Iraqi Heart of Darkness: A Visit to Abu Ghraib

Elspeth Cameron Ritchie

9. The Two Sides of Modern Day American Combat: From Camp Austerity to Camp Chocolate Cake

Jeffrey Millegan

10. Zero To Sixty: From Residency to the War Zone

Christopher H. Warner

11. Research at the Tip of the Spear

Carl Andrew Castro

12. From Battalion Surgeon to Combat Psychiatrist: Three Tours in Iraq and Afghanistan

Kenneth Richter, Jr.

13. “Oh, The Things You Can Find”

Robert Koffman

14. Chronicles from the Cradle of Civilization

Kaustubh G. Joshi

15. To Squander the Fighting Strength? Personal Experiences with Preventive Psychiatry and the Dilemma of Wartime Public Mental Health

Remington Lee Nevin

16. Learning to Scale the Wall

Vincent F. Capaldi II

17. Shrink in the Making: Learning to Become a Psychiatrist From the War Wounded

Rohul Amin

18. After the Smoke Clears

Shannon Merkle

19. The French Fourragère: Gore and Lore

David Michael Hanrahan

20. Leaving Our Mark

Peter Saulinus Armanas

21. Last of the OSCAR Psychologists in Afghanistan: An Expeditionary Model of Care Jesse Locke

Index