| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 338 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-305) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The changing face of national security / A David Mangelsdorff -- Foundations of national security psychology / Warren R. Street -- Human factors research in the naval service / Paul D. Nelson -- National security interests at the Naval Health Research Center / Karl F. van Orden and D. Stephen Nice -- U.S. Army research in human performance / Gerald P. Krueger -- The history of special operations psychological selection / L. Morgan Banks -- The Human Resources Research Organization / Peter F. Ramsberger -- Psychology in Air Force training and education / Henry L. Taylor -- The Navy Personnel Research and Development Center / Martin Wiskoff and Edmund Thomas -- Navy clinical psychology / Morgan T. Sammons -- Clinical psychology in the U.S. Army, 1946-2004 / Robert S. Nichols -- Air Force clinical psychology / Karl O. Moe -- The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences / Paul A. Gade, Jonathan D. Kaplan, and Nicole M. Dudley -- The racial integration of the U.S. Armed Forces / Alan Gropman -- Psychological research with military women / Janice D. Yoder and Loren Naidoo -- Military family research / Mady Wechsler Segal -- Psychology's strategic position for today's national security concerns / A. David Mangelsdorff. |
| Summary |
"This volume highlights the diverse contributions of military psychologists toward our nation's security and toward the discipline of psychology itself. The United States Armed Forces have frequently led our culture in personnel and policy changes that the general population had difficulty accepting, such as racial integration and the integration of women. In addition, psychologists in the military have used clinical approaches to posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and psychopharmacology that have expanded research understanding before widespread adaptation by the general public. Currently, psychologists are working with policymakers to help the public build resiliency and cope with disasters, terrorism, and possible threats to the United States. By putting their skills to work in such areas as personnel management, ergonomics, clinical care, training, leadership and executive development, and social and behavioral research, these individuals have transformed psychology into an integrative discipline that now encompasses aspects of health care and other fields such as information technology and disaster management. This book includes perspectives of psychologists and social scientists representing the uniformed services, research institutions, business, and academia. Readers interested in the history of psychology will learn how our armed services came to be on the cutting edge in many areas of basic and applied science. Readers inside and outside the military will learn lessons from military psychology that they can apply to community-based homeland security efforts"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Psychology, Military.
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National security -- United States.
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Security Measures -- United States.
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Military Personnel -- psychology.
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United States -- Defenses.
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Military readiness. (OCoLC)fst01021419
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National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
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Psychology, Military. (OCoLC)fst01081605
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Mangelsdorff, A. David.
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| Note |
Available from some providers with title: PsycBooks (EBSCO Host) |
| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 2005030385 |
| ISBN |
1591473551 (print) |
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9781591473558 (print) |
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9781591473558 |
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