The Politics of Treatment
A Qualitative Study of Canadian Military PTSD Clinicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22158202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Whelan (0000-0001-8612-0860, Mount Saint Vincent University, corresponding author), Maya Eichler (0000-0002-5951-8707, Mount Saint Vincent University), Deborah Norris (0000-0002-5113-0791, Mount Saint Vincent University), Denise Landry (0000-0002-3526-9646, Mount Saint Vincent University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 217-231 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Veterans Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2470-4768 • E-ISSN: 2470-4768 |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21061/jvs.v7i1.227 |
| OpenAlex | W3177201183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
There has been an upsurge in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, but these efforts have not included trauma clinicians. Using a constructivist grounded research methodology, we examined clinicians’ views about military PTSD, their experiences in utilizing accepted interventions, and the personal impacts of this work. Our findings indicate that clinicians struggle with conceptualizations of PTSD, accepted treatments, and the requirements of navigating the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) bureaucracy. Demands to negotiate occupational realities while attempting care for clients underpinned experiences of emotional exhaustion. Contrasting the literature on secondary trauma, bureaucratic forces, implied expert status, and lack of supports for clinicians were at the root of exhaustion. Military trauma clinicians appear caught in the politics of treatment with detrimental effects on their health. This study is the first to explore clinician views on the benefits and costs of working with military trauma survivors
Bureaucracy · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |