Journal of Military Social Work is the flagship journal aggregating current knowledge about the biopsychosocial health and well-being of service members, veterans, and families impacted by military service.
The journal will disseminate peer-reviewed, high-quality behavioral health research related to this population to a broad domestic and international, multidisciplinary audience. Disciplines whose work contributes to the corpus of Military Behavioral Health knowledge include, but are not limited to: Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Sociology, Organizational Behavior, and Anthropology. Research found in Journal of Military Social Work will adhere to the National Institutes of Health Guidelines of behavioral and social sciences research in that it is not restricted by discipline or methodological approach, but is characterized by the following attributes:
- an emphasis on theory-driven research;
- the search for general principles of behavioral and social functioning;
- he importance ascribed to a developmental, lifespan perspective that reflects resilience as well as challenges;
- an emphasis on individual variation, and variation across sociodemographics categories such as gender, age, and sociocultural status; and a focus on both the social and biological contexts of behavior.
Topics of interest to the journal include behavioral health issues at both the micro and macro levels.
MICRO LEVEL
- (Co)Morbidity of behavioral health issues in veterans and military families
- Evidence-based clinical practices
- Family maltreatment
- Substance use/abuse
- Medical social work/care management
- Child/Adolescent/Geriatrics
- Forensic behavioral health
- Military detention facilities/Detainees
- Behavioral health risk assessment
- Trauma, sexual assault, PTSD
- School-based interventions
- Prevention/resiliency enhancement
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Family/child coping with loss
MACRO LEVEL
- Program evaluation
- Education/Training programs
- Impact of policy on units/individuals
- Impact of leadership on group well-being
- Deployment acculturation
- Research technologies/methodologies
- Program management
- Accession/Retention of behavioral health professionals
- Cost containment
- School/Command consultation
- Unit/Organizational needs assessment
- Preventative Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Cross-cultural assessment/treatment
- Civilian affairs and nation building
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
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