COVER:

Serving those who serve

• Transforming military mental health

  New efforts are under way to attract and train psychologists who treat service members and their families.

• Helping and healing

  There's strong demand for military psychologists, who are experiencing a wealth of opportunities and unique career challenges.

• A psychologist and a soldier

  Starting this month, the Monitor is regularly checking in with Army psychologist Capt. Jeffrey Bass, who began a 15-month deployment in Iraq.

• Two psychologists who know first-hand how to help military families

  Both clinicians have extensive training in child and family psychology — they each have specialty postdocs in child clinical psychology.

• Planting victory gardens, psychology style

  Psychologists are providing free counseling, resources and education for military personnel, their families, their providers and their communities. And they want your help.

• Helping families who don't seek it out

  The Family Counseling Network is dedicated to matching up families of Special Operations service members with local therapists who counsel them for free.

• A boost from home

  A psychologist leads a hometown effort to support troops.

• A Closer Look at division 22: A growing field meets the challenges of war

  Fifty years after Div. 22's founding, rehabilitation psychologists are in more demand than ever.