The Routledge International Handbook of Military Psychology and Mental Health

Updesh Kumar, Ph.D., is Scientist ‘G’ and Head, Mental Health Division, Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, India.

Foreword by Professor Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., U.S Military Academy; Preface; About the Contributors; Part 1: Military Psychology: The Roots and the Journey; Chapter 1: Military Psychology in War and Peace: An Appraisal, Swati Mukherjee and Updesh Kumar; Chapter 2: War, Peace and the Military in Biblical and Ancient Greek Societies, Matthew B. Schwartz and Kalman J. Kaplan; Chapter 3: Four Stages in the Evolution of Military Enlisted Testing, Michael G. Rumsey; Chapter 4: Polemology: Orphan of Military Psychology, Jacques J. Gouws; Chapter 5: The Application of Culture and Cognition within a Military Context, Faizan Imtiaz, Mark Khei, and Li-Jun Ji; Chapter 6: Military Psychology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Implications for the South African National Defence Force’s Directorate Psychology, Petrus C. Bester; Chapter 7: War of the Future and Prospective Directions of Military Psychology, Alexander G. Karayani; Chapter 8: Ethical Issues in Military Psychology: Promoting International Ethical Readiness, Thomas E. Myers and Shane S. Bush; Part 2: Soldiering: Deployment and Beyond; Chapter 9: Shaping Military Leaders: Role of Character Strengths and Virtues, Archana, Samridhi Ahuja and Updesh Kumar; Chapter 10: Posttraumatic Growth in Military Populations: Theory, Research, and Application, K.C. Kalmbach and Bret A. Moore; Chapter 11: Building Resilience and Hardiness in Military Leaders –Robustness Training Programs of the German Army, Oliver Krueckel, Annett Heidler, Nicola von Luedinghausen, Markus Auschekis and Matthias Soest; Chapter 12: Sustainable Team Leadership: Social Identity and Collective Leadership for Military and Society, António P. Rosinha, Hermes Andrade Junior and Marcos Aguiar de Souza; Chapter 13: The Physical Bravery Study: Findings and Implications for Small, Innovative Research Studies with Military/Veteran Populations, Kristen J. Vescera, Jacie Brown, Catherine Hausman, and Bruce Bongar; Chapter 14: Military Recruiting in the United States: Selection, Assessment, Training, Well-being, and Performance Coaching, Steven V. Bowles, Bettina Schmid, Laurel K. Cofell Rashti, Susan J. Scapperotti, Tracy D. Smith, Paul T. Bartone and Peter Mikoski; Chapter 15: Validity Assessment in Military Psychology, Noah K. Kaufman and Shane S. Bush; Chaprer 16: Reintegration and Military Family Health: Military Training and its Relationship to Post-Deployment Role Conflict in Intimate Partner Relationships, E. Ann Jeschke, Jessica M. LaCroix, Amber M. Fox, Laura A. Novak, and Marjan Ghahramanlou Holloway; Chapter 17: Lone Wolf Terrorism, Bruce Bongar, Anna Feinman, and Renata Sargon; Chapter 18: Why Do They Leave? A Conceptual Model of Military Turnover, H. Canan Sümer and Ipek Mete; Chapter 19: Transition from Military to Civilian Life, Harprit Kaur and Swati; Part 3: Making a Choice: Mental Health Issues and Prospects in the Military; Chapter 20: Militaries’ Burnout and Work Engagement: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review, Maria José Chambel, Silvia Lopes, Filipa Castanheira and Carolina Rodrigues-Silveira; Chapter 21: Stress, Burnout and Coping in Military Environment, Yonel Ricardo de Souza and Fabio Biasotto Feitosa; Chapter 22: Stress Experiences and Abilities to Cope: Civil Population versus Military Personnel, Vijay Parkash; Chapter 23: Military Related Mental Health Morbidities: A Neurobiological Approach, Shobit Garg and Jyoti Mishra Pandey; Chapter 24: Clinical Health Psychology Applications in Military Settings, Ryaja Johnson and Larry C. James; Chapter 25: Suicide Prevention Strategies in Military Populations, Marissa N. Eusebio, Abigale Brady, and Bruce Bongar; Chapter 26: Military Sexual Trauma and Suicidal Self-Directed Violence: A Narrative Review and Proposed Agenda for Future Research, Lindsey L. Monteith, Ryan Holliday, Tim Hoyt and Nazanin H. Bahraini; Chapter 27: Understanding Suicide among Female Veterans: A Theory-Driven Approach, Lindsey L. Monteith, Ryan Holliday, Diana P. Brostow and Claire A. Hoffmire; Chapter 28: Resilience and Stress in Military Combat Flight Engineers, Reoot Cohen-Koren, Dror Garbi, Shirley Gordon, Nirit Yavnai, Yifat Erlich Shoham and Leah Shelef; Chapter 29: Family Based Psychological Interventions: A Heuristic Approach, Jyoti Mishra Pandey and Shobit Garg; Chapter 30: Chronic Disease Risk and Service-Related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans, Jeanne Mager Stellman and Steven D. Stellman; Chapter 31: Neurotransmitter and Neurotrophic Biomarkers in Combat Related PTSD, Gordana Nedic Erjavec, Matea Nikolac Perkovic, Dubravka Svob Strac, Lucija Tudor and Nela Pivac; Chapter 32: Neuroendocrine and Immune Biomarkers of PTSD in Combat Veterans, Nela Pivac, Marcela Konjevod, Marina Sagud, Suzana Uzun, and Oliver Kozumplik; Chapter 33: Moral Injury in Service Members and Veterans, Sheila Frankfurt, Alanna Coady, Breanna Grunthal, Stephanie Ellickson-Larew and Bret T. Litz; Chapter 34: Student Service Members/Veterans’ Mental Health on Campuses: Risk and Resources, Dan Nyaronga; Chapter 35: Resilience and Clinical Issues in Survival Behaviour under Isolation and Captivity, Vasile Marineanu