ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case study representative of a patient being seen routinely in military behavioral health and goes on to explore theoretical explanations for co-occurring conditions as well as existing treatment options. It also presents an integrated treatment model that may be useful for guiding civilian and other behavioral health workers to employ intervention strategies for co-occurring conditions in the warrior population. Anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in warriors co-occur frequently. Risk factors for development of PTSD include characteristics of the traumatic event itself, pre-trauma factors, and post-trauma factors. Degree of exposure to potentially traumatic combat events during deployment is strongly associated with development of PTSD as is military sexual trauma. Some of the evidenced-based treatment for PTSD is cognitive behavioral-based therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to name a few.
