Traumatic Grief among African American Soldiers Exposed to Combat: Implications for Social Work Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2013
Abstract
Grief and loss issues are major concerns that trauma-affected African American service personnel may present to social workers. MSW graduate degree programs typically include context-specific and evidence-based training specific to the practice of effective work with families adversely affected by the same. Unfortunately, very little has appeared in the literature regarding either the content or the method for teaching grief and loss counseling in these preparation programs. According to the Congressional Quarterly Weekly, more U.S. servicemen committed suicide than were killed in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Oliver J. and Johnson, Imani Nia, "Traumatic Grief among African American Soldiers Exposed to Combat: Implications for Social Work Education" (2013). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 289.
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/college_humanities_social_sciences/289