U.S. Army Leader's Handbook: Trauma in the Unit
Abstract
This Trauma in the Unit Handbook, which has been written for leadership, provides guidance on how to support families as well as the unit response team when combat deployments and casualties occur. To help leadership gain an understanding of issues that can arise, information and research on reactions to trauma events and combat are presented. This handbook also contains information that may be used to guide leadership s response efforts in other traumatic events such as terrorist and disaster situations. This handbook is part of the Operation READY handbook series. Throughout this handbook, references will be made to other Operation READY materials as appropriate. For example, the Operation READY Family Readiness Group Leader s Handbook and Operation READY Rear Detachment Commander s Handbook describe how unit leadership and FRGs individually and in partnership support families in each phase of the deployment cycle. These handbooks provide further guidance on how to implement the suggestions in this handbook pertaining to planning for and supporting families with deployment. In addition to these handbooks, a new handbook in the Operation READY materials provides a more in-depth discussion on how children react to deployment than the brief discussion in this handbook on the effects of war. Another handbook provides an in-depth look at reunion issues that is more expansive than the mental health focus of this handbook for combat deployments. For all of these handbooks including this Trauma In The Unit Handbook, an accompanying Operation READY Smart Book contains a variety of informational and resource materials related to the topics addressed in these handbooks. A list of the materials related to trauma is provided in the Smart Book section of this handbook.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA596745