section 1.Theoretical issues. The nature of combat stress / Harry R. Kormos -- Dynamic perspectives on the nature and effects of combat stress / Victor J. DeFazio -- Stress disorders among Vietnam veterans : the emotional content of combat continues / Chaim F. Shatan -- section 2. Related research. Psychosocial adjustment among Vietnam veterans : an overview of the research / Charles R. Figley -- Adjustment among Vietnam veteran drug users two years post-service / Edgar P. Nace ... [et al.] -- Death and Vietnam : some combat veteran experiences and perspectives / Bernard Spilka, Lisa Friedman and David Rosenberg -- Psychiatric syndromes, self-concepts, and Vietnam veterans / Robert F. Panzarella, David M. Mantell, and R. Harlan Bridenbaugh -- Demographic and pre-service variables as predictors of post-military service adjustment / E. Robert Worthington -- The Vietnam POW veteran : immediate and long-term effects of captivity / Edna J. Hunter -- section 3. Treatment implications. Advocacy and corruption in the healing profession / Robert Jay Lifton -- Psychotherapy with Vietnam veterans : observations and suggestions / Arthur Egendorf -- Treatment implications of post-combat stress response syndromes for mental health professionals / Sarah H. Haley -- Delayed stress response syndromes in Vietnam veterans / Mardi J. Horowitz and George F. Solomon -- Treating the Vietnam veteran within the family system / M. Duncan Stanton and Charles R. Figley -- Epilogue: Social and historical perspectives on the Vietnam veterans / Seymour Leventman.