Madness : In the Trenches of America's Troubled Department of Veterans Affairs.

By:

Plate, Andrea

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789814868341

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: MadnessDDC classification:

355.129

LOC classification:

UH629.3 .P538 2019

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Contents:

Cover -- Title page -- Verso Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter One: THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (2002-2003) -- Chapter Two: THE GREAT WALL OF THE VA (2003-2007, THE "W" YEARS) -- Chapter Three: THE END OF THE BUSH ERA (2007-2008) -- Chapter Four: A NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (2008-2012) -- Chapter Five: RISKY BUSINESS IN THE ERA OF HOPE AND CHANGE -- Chapter Six: A NEW BREED OF WOUNDED WARRIORS -- Chapter Seven: HOW TO BUILD A TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR TODAY'S RETURNEES -- Chapter Eight: STATE OF SIEGE: THE CALIFORNIA STATE VETERANS HOME (2015-2016) -- Chapter Nine: STRAIGHT OUTTA THE STREETS -- Chapter Ten: THE HEART OF THE MATTER: LOOKING BACK -- Chapter Eleven: THE END OF THE TOUR (JUNE 2017) -- Appendix: TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR SERVING AMERICA'S VETERANS -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Summary: Enter the Kafkaesque world of America's famous but notorious Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where returning soldiers seek a new start to the rest of their lives. Can they overcome the traumas of war, and military service, if they are also at war with the VA? The answer is both No - government bureaucracy can be as formidable a foe as that on any battlefield or in the barracks - and Yes, given veterans' willingness to face the demons of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), drug addiction and other military-related traumas with the help of fiercely committed social workers, psychologists and healthcare experts. Andrea Plate, author and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, spent 15 years working with America's wounded warriors. From battlefield to bedside to group talk-therapy, she exposes the human face of war, up close and personal, and some of the most remarkably resilient souls who survived it.

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Enter the Kafkaesque world of America's famous but notorious Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where returning soldiers seek a new start to the rest of their lives. Can they overcome the traumas of war, and military service, if they are also at war with the VA? The answer is both No - government bureaucracy can be as formidable a foe as that on any battlefield or in the barracks - and Yes, given veterans' willingness to face the demons of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), drug addiction and other military-related traumas with the help of fiercely committed social workers, psychologists and healthcare experts. Andrea Plate, author and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, spent 15 years working with America's wounded warriors. From battlefield to bedside to group talk-therapy, she exposes the human face of war, up close and personal, and some of the most remarkably resilient souls who survived it.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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