Iraq War Clinician's Guide for Mental Health Professionals VA National Center on PTSD*
June 2009
The Iraq War Clinician Guide was developed by members of the VA National Center for post traumatic stress disorder and the Department of Defense. It was developed specifically for clinicians and addresses the unique needs of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. It is essential that all health care professionals—civilian or military—who care for casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom have at least rudimentary and relevant military knowledge.
Returning OEF/OIF veterans will receive medical, surgical, and psychiatric care from a broad group of clinicians working in diverse clinical settings. It will be imperative for clinicians to have experience in talking about military trauma, educating patients and families about traumatic stress reactions, teaching skills of anxiety and anger management, facilitating mutual support among groups of veterans, and working with trauma-related guilt.
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