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Military Deployment, Masculinity and Trauma: Reviewing the Connections
This article reviews the literature on deployment trauma and examines the limitations of conventional understandings of trauma as they relate to veterans' experiences. It suggests that the failure to take into account social influences and social relationships limits the usefulness of conventional approaches to trauma. The article considers the role that masculinity plays in male veterans' experience of and sense making about trauma. It is suggested that while formal recognition of posttraumatic stress disorder in the DSM has provided a helpful language for veterans, it is an incomplete response. A new model of masculinity that better enables the male veteran to speak about trauma and to reconnect with others has implications for counselling practice with veterans.
History
Publication title
The Journal of Men's StudiesVolume
20Pagination
16-31ISSN
1060-8265Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Sage Publications, Inc.Place of publication
United StatesRights statement
Copyright 2012 Men's Studies PressRepository Status
- Restricted