A new coalition for a challenging battlefield : military and veteran health research

Bélanger, Stéphanie A. H. (Added Author). Aiken, Alice, 1965- (Added Author). Canadian Defence Academy. (Added Author).

Summary: A compilation of research presented at the 2nd Military and Veteran Health Research Forum, sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, and hosted by Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada, Nov. 2011. --acknowledgments.

Record details

ISBN: 9781100213613
ISBN: 1100213619
Physical Description: print
xi, 326 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : Canadian Defence Academy Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Issued by: Canadian Defence Academy.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Defining Canadian military health protection - a unique research imperative -- Mental health and small unit leadership: an autoethnographic examination -- Dramatizing research: the experience of contemporary peacekeepers healing from trauma -- Women and war: archetypes, catharsis and healing -- A systematic review of the evidence on prolonged exposure therapy for military members and veterans with post traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment of service-related post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) via telehealth: preliminary findings from an operational stress injury clinic -- Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the military... -- High level mobility measurement in Canadian Forces amputees -- Depression as a precipitnt to a disability following an upper extremity work-related injury... -- Computer assisted mosaic arthroplasty (mosaicplasty) -- Development of immune-modulating therapeutics delivery vehicles using natural polysaccharides -- Factor V degradation by acinetobacter baumannii: part of a novel virulence mechanism to attenuate blood coagulation -- Effects of the explosive comopound perchlorate during early frog development -- Pilot-project on incarcerated former military personnel in three Ontario detention centres -- Healthcare leadership: is managing in the hospital the same as managing in the community or does the context matter? -- Barriers and facilitators to optimal workplace re-integration of veterans with mental disorders -- Operation gear down: re-integration of military personnel after combat-related health challenges.