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• W2003991845 abstract "“The public response to Jeff's death was completely different from the response to Kevin's, something that would cause Mark and Carol immense pain in the months and years ahead.” The loss of two young sons, one to death by suicide and the other in Iraq, in an explosion that severed his limbs and left him unrecognisable, compelled Major General Mark Graham and his wife to expose, challenge, and reshape an entrenched repudiation of the chronic mental health crisis in the US military. The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War, by military journalist Yochi Dreazen, is a personal, political, and psychological account of combat and conflict.Post-traumatic stress disorder is not restricted to the military, nor are depression and traumatic brain injury. However, in 2012, death by suicide accounted for more deaths in the US military than those in combat, often, but not always, after deployment to war zones. Kevin Graham joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), an elective curriculum taken alongside college classes, but was never conscripted to the army. His continuing battle with depression preceded his enrolment in the ROTC, but was intensified after joining the corps where psychiatric drugs are vetoed and open admission of mental health disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, is widely discouraged and rare. Stigma, fear of being thought of as weak and cowardly, denial of promotion, and loss of benefits builds a deafening wall of silence within the military's institution.Dreazen is more of a journalist than a biographer. As he introduces us to the family, superfluous details obstruct the tension of the reportage and analysis seen in the later section. The style and delivery of irrelevant content are at times quite painfully amateur, but the allure of the subject matter and the emotional subtext is enough to hold attention until it develops into an interesting story.Noone can deny that the Grahams have experienced unimaginable tragedy. Their grief is compounded by starkly antithetic reactions from the military and religious communities. Kevin's death, in the eyes of God, is wrong, and Jeff's death is celebrated with an accolade of heroic sacrifice and allegiance to the nation.The military as an institution is deeply flawed and this is not ignored, nor justified, which contributes to the success of this book. Individuals undoubtedly exist, like the Grahams, who believe in the army's ethos and purpose but are not afraid to address the failings. The suggested result of so-called invisible wounds—post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, increasing incidents of sexual violence, and the heavy toll of deaths by suicide, which claims not only the lives of soldiers but also of their families—will be institutional breakdown of the military.The high number of pre-existing mental health disorders in the armed forces is something implied, but not extensively explored. Recruitment tactics are controversial, often targeting poorly educated and alienated communities with high unemployment, and few career opportunities, with little consideration of the burden of mental ill-health associated with these risk factors. With scarcely enough funding for military operations, the psychiatric services are chronically under resourced and poorly organised. Mark Graham, facing the decision to quit or fight, chooses to stay, to use his prominent rank in the army to influence and to speak out. After all, change needs to start on the inside. In war, particularly when its purpose is not even evident to those fighting in it, the battlefield is never truly left behind, and both the visible and invisible wounds need to heal. The Invisible Front is an honest and commendable book; mental health stigma is a social problem, but within a macho-fronted culture the army is a breeding ground for trauma. “The public response to Jeff's death was completely different from the response to Kevin's, something that would cause Mark and Carol immense pain in the months and years ahead.” The loss of two young sons, one to death by suicide and the other in Iraq, in an explosion that severed his limbs and left him unrecognisable, compelled Major General Mark Graham and his wife to expose, challenge, and reshape an entrenched repudiation of the chronic mental health crisis in the US military. The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War, by military journalist Yochi Dreazen, is a personal, political, and psychological account of combat and conflict. Post-traumatic stress disorder is not restricted to the military, nor are depression and traumatic brain injury. However, in 2012, death by suicide accounted for more deaths in the US military than those in combat, often, but not always, after deployment to war zones. Kevin Graham joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), an elective curriculum taken alongside college classes, but was never conscripted to the army. His continuing battle with depression preceded his enrolment in the ROTC, but was intensified after joining the corps where psychiatric drugs are vetoed and open admission of mental health disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, is widely discouraged and rare. Stigma, fear of being thought of as weak and cowardly, denial of promotion, and loss of benefits builds a deafening wall of silence within the military's institution. Dreazen is more of a journalist than a biographer. As he introduces us to the family, superfluous details obstruct the tension of the reportage and analysis seen in the later section. The style and delivery of irrelevant content are at times quite painfully amateur, but the allure of the subject matter and the emotional subtext is enough to hold attention until it develops into an interesting story. Noone can deny that the Grahams have experienced unimaginable tragedy. Their grief is compounded by starkly antithetic reactions from the military and religious communities. Kevin's death, in the eyes of God, is wrong, and Jeff's death is celebrated with an accolade of heroic sacrifice and allegiance to the nation. The military as an institution is deeply flawed and this is not ignored, nor justified, which contributes to the success of this book. Individuals undoubtedly exist, like the Grahams, who believe in the army's ethos and purpose but are not afraid to address the failings. The suggested result of so-called invisible wounds—post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, increasing incidents of sexual violence, and the heavy toll of deaths by suicide, which claims not only the lives of soldiers but also of their families—will be institutional breakdown of the military. The high number of pre-existing mental health disorders in the armed forces is something implied, but not extensively explored. Recruitment tactics are controversial, often targeting poorly educated and alienated communities with high unemployment, and few career opportunities, with little consideration of the burden of mental ill-health associated with these risk factors. With scarcely enough funding for military operations, the psychiatric services are chronically under resourced and poorly organised. Mark Graham, facing the decision to quit or fight, chooses to stay, to use his prominent rank in the army to influence and to speak out. After all, change needs to start on the inside. In war, particularly when its purpose is not even evident to those fighting in it, the battlefield is never truly left behind, and both the visible and invisible wounds need to heal. The Invisible Front is an honest and commendable book; mental health stigma is a social problem, but within a macho-fronted culture the army is a breeding ground for trauma." @default.
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