Widely regarded as the authoritative work in the field, this book comprehensively explores the psychological needs of today's service members and how to meet them effectively. Expert contributors review best practices for conducting fitness-for-duty evaluations and other types of assessments, treating frequently encountered clinical problems, responding to disasters, and promoting the health and well-being of all personnel. The book also examines the role of mental health professionals in enhancing operational readiness, with chapters on crisis and hostage negotiation, understanding terrorists, and more.

A history of military psychology / Carrie H. Kennedy, Jamie G. H. Hacker Hughes, and Jeffrey A. McNeil -- Fitness-for-duty evaluations / Mark C. Monahan and James M. Keener -- Assessment and selection of high-risk operational personnel : identifying essential psychological attributes / James J. Picano, Thomas J. Williams, and Robert R. Roland -- Assessment and management of acute combat stress on the battlefield / Bret A. Moore, Shawn T. Mason, and Bruce E. Crow -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, depression and other psychological sequelae of military deployment / Greg M. Reger and Nancy A. Skopp -- Clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine in military healthcare settings / Alan L. Peterson, Ann S. Hryshko-Mullen, and Donald D. McGeary -- Military roles in postdisaster mental health / Teresa M. Au, Teresa L. Marino-Carper, Benjamin D. Dickstein, and Brett T. Litz -- Neuropsychological practice in the military / Louis M. French, Victoria Anderson-Barnes, Laurie M. Ryan, Thomas M. Zazeckis, and Sally Harvey -- Suicide prevention in the military / David E. Jones, Laurel L. Hourani, Mathew B. Rariden, Patricia J. Hammond, and Aaron D. Werbel -- Substance abuse services and gambling treatment in the military / Ingrid B. Pauli, Carrie H. Kennedy, David E. Jones, William McDonald, and Revonda Grayson -- Crisis and hostage negotiation / Russell E. Palarea, Michael G. Gelles, Kirk L. Rowe -- Survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training : preparing military members for the demands of captivity / Anthony P. Doran, Gary Hoyt, Melissa D. Hiller Lauby, and Charles A. Morgan III -- The psychology of terrorists : Nazi perpetrators, the Baader-Meinhof gang, war crimes in Bosnia, suicide bombers, the Taliban, and al Qaeda / Eric A. Zillmer -- Ethical dilemmas in clinical, operational, expeditionary and combat environments / Carrie H. Kennedy.