16-322c Beyond Combat: The Phenomenological Experiences of Military Personnel,
Veterans, Families and Communities – 6 Hour Seminar
J. Camille Hall, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Friday, July 22, 2016 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Course Description
The current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq represent America’s longest continuous combat engagement. We are
now challenged with both a military that is exhibiting the stress-related consequences of these long and multiple
combat deployments and a rapidly growing veteran population in need of a wide range of combat-related
physical and mental health care services. Every community in the United States has been affected, and service
delivery systems are trying to respond. There is an urgent need to understand and engage with the military
service members, veterans, their families, and their communities in effective practices. This presentation draws
from research data that explore the effects of deployment and combat stress on the physical and mental health of
U.S. veterans, active duty service members, and their families. Cultural relativity and universality of responses
to traumatic events related to armed conflict and war are also highlighted.
Faculty: Dr. Camille Hall is a 1991 and 1993 graduate of New Mexico State University (BSW, MSW), and
Smith College (Ph.D.) almuni. Dr. Hall is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico and Arkansas; and
clinical social work officer at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, KS. She has worked in private and
public social service and mental health agencies as a clinical social worker for 20+ years. In August 2004, Dr.
Hall received a faculty appointed at the University of Tennessee in the College Social Work, Knoxville,
Tennessee.
Learning Objectives
1. To recognize the historical context for psychological responses and treatment methods for combat veterans and their
families throughout the deployment cycle.
2. To identify risk and protective factors in coping with traumatic stress
3. To identify the residual effects of combat and deployment stressors in relational and attachment patterns
4. To develop methods of identifying and managing secondary trauma.
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impact. In Returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Preliminary assessment of readjustment needs of veterans,
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Purnell, C. (2010). Childhood trauma and adult attachment. Chris Purnell explores the interplay between
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