Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Military Behavioral Health Providers

Provides an in-depth look at the unique complex clinical, individual, and organizational challenges that clinicians face in treating our returning soldiers who are struggling with the aftermath of more than a decade of war Appeals to scholars, researchers, clinical practitioners, and administrative behavioral health staff who serve the military Specifically designed to be empirically applied in the clinical behavioral field

Charles C. Benight is Professor, Chair of Veteran Health and Trauma, and President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado USA. He is the author of more than 50 articles on coping with traumatic stress. He obtained his PhD from Stanford University, USA and post-doctoral training at the University of Miami in Behavioral Medicine, USA. He was awarded the Cornelia Sabine Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology.

Introduction .- Provider Load .- The SupportNet Website a Social Media Self-Care System .- SupportNet Coaching .- Organizational Factors in Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress .- SupportNet: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Military Behavioral Health Burnout .- Lessons Learned and Next Steps.