When the Warrior Returns - Paperback

by Nathan PhD Ainspan (Editor), Walter E. Penk (Editor)

Nearly two million soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen have been deployed in recent conflicts. When the Warrior Returns addresses the practical and psychological needs of the families of these transitioning service members and provides a convenient list of key resources. Combining the knowledge of fifty experts, the book provides answers to questions about the post-deployment transition process, how it affects families, and how family members can help their service members and themselves navigate the transition successfully as a family. These experts provide straightforward answers to questions about the transition process and how it impacts the warrior and their children. A one-stop source of information filled with useful advice, this book is unequalled. The book features a foreword by Patty Shinseki and is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.

Front Jacket

This book addresses both the practical and psychological needs of the families of returning warriors while providing them with a convenient list of helpful resources. Combining the knowledge of fifty experts, it provides answers to questions about the post-deployment transition process, how families experience this process, and how they can help their service member and themselves with the transition. All of the book's authors have served in the military, counseled thousands of service members and military families through the reintegration process, or cared for their own wounded warriors at home. The authors give straight-forward answers to questions about the transition process, the warrior's experiences, how it impacts their children, and their own concerns. A one-stop source of information filled with useful advice, this book is unequalled. It is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.

Author Biography

Nathan D. Ainspan has conducted research, written, and spoken extensively about the psychological issues impacting wounded and transitioning service members. His focus has been on improving civilian employment opportunities for returning service members and the positive impact that employment can have on service members with PTSD, TBI, and other injuries. He works with the U.S. Army as a senior personnel psychologist in Virginia. He lives in Arlington, VA. Walter Penk has served as a Clinical and Research Psychologist at VA Medical Centers in Houston, Dallas, Boston, and Bedford, Massachusetts. He held clinical faculty appointments at medical schools: Southwestern, Tufts, Boston University, University of Massachusetts, Harvard, and now Texas A&M. His specializes in psychosocial rehabilitation and PTSD, having published 135 papers, and coauthor of Returning Wars' Wounded, Injured, and Ill and Treating PTSD Among Military Personnel. He lives in New Braunfels, TX.