Best Practices in Family Therapy Intervention on War Trauma
These are two separate questions, and must be answered separately with a minimum of 200 words. The reading provided must be utilized and cited within the answer.
Question1: War Trauma
DISCUSS three possible mental health implications of being exposed to war trauma.
Reply to at least one other’s post.
Question 2: Best Practices in Family Therapy Intervention
HOW can family-focused interventions be integrated with symptom-related interventions for
combat veterans (see Sherman and Saltzman articles; also Burkman is more symptom-related –
how do these TYPES of interventions go together)?
Required Reading
1. Saltzman, W. R. (2016). The FOCUS Family Resilience Program: An Innovative Family
Intervention for Trauma and Loss. Family Process, 55(4), 647-659. doi:10.1111/famp.12250
Retrieved from Ebscohost multisearch.
2. Schorr, Y., Stein, N. R., Maguen, S., Barnes, J. B., Bosch, J., & Litz, B. T. (2018). Sources of
moral injury among war veterans: A qualitative evaluation. Journal of Clinical Psychology,
74(12), 2203-2218. doi:10.1002/jclp.22660
Retrieved from Ebscohost multisearch.
3. Purcell, N., Griffin, B., Burkman, K., & Maguen, S. (2018). “Opening a Door to a New Life”:
The Role of Forgiveness in Healing From Moral Injury. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9.
doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00498
Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328314344…
ole_of_Forgiveness_in_Healing_From_Moral_Injury
4. Burkman, K., & Maguen, S. (2018). Impact of Killing (IOK): Expanding our Framework to
Help Veterans Heal from War. Trauma Psychology News, 14(3), Retrieved from
http://traumapsychnews.com/2018/2011/impact-of-killing/.
5. Sherman, M. D., & Larsen, J. L. (2018). Family-focused interventions and resources for
veterans and their families. Psychological Services, 15(2), 146-153. doi:10.1037/ser0000174
Retrieved from Ebscohost multisearch.
word limit:220