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Mental Health Command Consultation

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This chapter provides a broad overview of mental health command consultation in the US military. The chapter opens with a brief introduction to the history of mental health command consultation, followed by a case vignette that highlights salient aspects of the consultation process. A brief review of types of command consultation is provided. A summary of the unique aspects associated with seeking mental health care in the military is followed by brief overviews of the more specific areas of consultation with special military populations and controversies related to the behavioral health professional’s role within the military. The chapter concludes with a review of general guidelines for facilitating an effective consultative relationship and a summary of the role of civilian behavioral health professionals in the consultation process.

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  1. United States Army Medical Command, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Rebecca I. Porter

  2. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Danielle K. Clauss

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA

    Laura Weiss Roberts

  2. US Army Medical Department Active Duty, Fort Stewart, Georgia, USA

    Christopher H. Warner

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Porter, R.I., Clauss, D.K. (2018). Mental Health Command Consultation. In: Roberts, L., Warner, C. (eds) Military and Veteran Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7438-2_9

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