Military Psychology Response to Post-Pandemic Reconstruction (2 Vol-Set)

Contents: Volume 1: 1. An Introduction to Post-Pandemic Reconstruction/Samir Rawat, Ole Boe and Andrzej Piotrowski. Belgium. 2. Lived Experiences of Nurses in Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine/Erik de Soir. Belgium and The Netherlands. 3. Worthy Goodbye From a Distance/Erik de Soir and Lies Scaut. Brazil and Portugal. 4. Social Support Strategies Adopted by Brazilian Army for Soldiers and their Families During COVID-19 Pandemic/Carolina Rodrigues-Silveira, Soraya Reis Dantas, Patricia Rodrigues Siqueira, Michela de Souza Cotian and Maria José Chambel. Canada. 5. The Restorative Power of Resilience/Lobna Cherif and Alan Okros. 6. The Gendered Division of Emotional Labour and Post-Pandemic Reconstruction/Vanessa Brown. Estonia. 7. Focus on Resilience in Cognitively Diverse Multidisciplinary Teams/Merle Parmak. India. 8. Taming the Dragon by Unmasking Chinese ‘WOMB’ and Hegemonistic Designs During COVID-19 Pandemic/Samir Rawat. 9. Role of Psychologists and Counsellors During and After Pandemic/Gayatri Ahuja. 10. Extricating FLAB During and After Pandemic for Functional Fitness and Holistic Health/Vahishta Kapadia. 11. Resilience Training to Minimize Impact of FLAB During Pandemic/Vahishta Kapadia and Samir Rawat. 12. Learning Military ‘GRADE H’ in Post-Pandemic Environment/Shradha Sharma. 13. Force Preservation and Military Protocols During Lockdown /Antony Fernandes. 14. Secondary Stress, Burnout and PTSD among Emergency First Responders in Mumbai During COVID-19 Pandemic/Maitreyi Redkar. 15. Mantra for Pandemic Using Astral and Cosmic Energy Through Soul Rendering Meditation/Gayatri Ahuja and Samir Rawat. 16. Learning Strategic Leadership Skills From Military for Performance Management in Post-Pandemic Environment/Priya Joshi.

Volume 2: India, Norway and Poland: 17. Understanding Resilience with Automatic Self-Regulation/Andrzej Piotrowski, Ole Boe, Samir Rawat, Maitreyi Redkar and Abhijit P. Deshpande. 18. Leadership in a Staff or a Garrison Compared to Combat Leadership Before, During and After Pandemic Crises/Ole Boe, Andrzej Piotrowski, Samir Rawat, Abhijit P. Deshpande and Johan Bergh. 19. Gateways to Learning Self-Regulation the Military Way During Pandemic Lockdown/Samir Rawat, Abhijit P. Deshpande, Vahishta Kapadia, Andrzej Piotrowski and Ole Boe. 20. Role of Character Strengths in Enduring Pandemic and Other Crises Situations: Lessons Identified and Learned from the Military/Ole Boe, Andrzej Piotrowski and Samir Rawat. 21. Significant Value of Decompression on Lifting of Lockdown During Pandemic – Follow 9 R’s/Andrzej Piotrowski, Ole Boe, Samir Rawat and Johan Bergh. Indonesia. 22. Lessons Learned from Military Psychology in Overcoming COVID-19: The Indonesian Army Experience/Eri Radityawara Hidayat and Didon Permadi. Iran. 23. Adjustment, Wisdom, Adaptation and Coping Resources (AWAC) Following Vicarious Exposure to COVID-19 Pandemic: Changing Perceptions and Attitudes/Mahnaz Forouzan. Norway. 24. Reducing Stress and Increasing Interaction in Military and High-Risk Organizations: Performance Factors with Relevance for Health Care Workers/Ole Boe. 25. Can Emergency Preparedness Structures and Principles Successfully be Adopted Across Borders? A Comparison of Norway and USA Based on Social Theory/Jarle Lowe Sorensen and Eric Carlstrom. 26. Between Chaos and Control: The Practical Relevance of Military Strategy in Fighting and Recovering from a Pandemic Outbreak/Bjorn Tallak Bakken. 27. Trust During Pandemic Crises: An Agency Theoretical Approach with Examples From the Military/Johan Bergh and Ole Boe. 28. Make the Invisible Enemy Visible: Military Debriefing in the Unforeseen Times/Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Kristian Firing and Trygve J. Steiro. 29. Lessons Learnt and Identified: Developing a Solidarity Combat Mindset Against Invisible Enemies/Ole Boe and Glenn-Egil Torgersen. Oman. 30. Matching RHYTHMs During and After COVID-19 Pandemic March/Saif Al Hashmi. Poland. 31. The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Soldiers’ Quality of Life, Coping with Stress, and Combat Readiness/Andrzej Piotrowski. 32. Psycho-Social Conditions of the Threat of Pandemic Coronavirus/Dariusz Jurczak. Romania. 33. Strategic Military Leadership Challenges During and After Pandemic Crises/Cristian Dobre. 34. The Role of Romanian Military Psychologists in Era of COVID-19: Providing First Line Responders with Adaptive Behaviours and Mental Health Strategies/Vasile Marineanu and Mirela Dorina Cremenescu. Serbia. 35. Knowledge About Psychological and Propaganda Activities, Fear and Sources of Psychological Strength for Coping and Overcoming Crisis Due to COVID-19 Pandemic/Anita Pesiae and Milan Miljkoviae. 36. Some Ways of Coping with Anxiety/Miljana Paviaeeviae, Jelena Miniae and Miroslav Krstiae. Slovenia. 37. Pandemics: Some Thoughts on Leadership and Crisis Management/Petra Resman. USA. 38. Building Confidence from the Ground Up: Sources and Strategies/Todd A. Gilson. 39. The Freedom of Forgiveness Beyond Crisis: Interpersonal Strategies for Leaders/Amanda Metcalfe and Kenneth Briggs. 40. Service Academy Integrative Education: Broad Student Support to Create Resilient Soldier-Citizens/Michelle A. Butler Samuels and Steven M. Samuels. Conclusions. 41. Integrative Conclusions to Post-Pandemic Reconstruction/Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Samir Rawat, Ole Boe and Andrzej Piotrowski.

Military response to disasters is increasing exponentially and the global pandemic is no different; prodded by the COVID-19, most militaries the world over go into force protection mode and at the same time, reach out to those in distress as the last resort of government to deal with pandemic. Psychologists play a critical role in facilitating those who have experienced or witnessed a disaster or other personally traumatic events. Given their proximity to frequency of occurrences of such traumatic events, military and police psychologists are in a unique position to study human behaviour under crises situations and recommend best practices and psychological interventions during and after the pandemic currently being experienced the world over. According to researchers, psychologists who respond to human tragedies like the current pandemic must conceptualise post-pandemic interventions, using strategies that take into account individual and group characteristics of the individual/unit/sub unit, intensity, and magnitude of the crises, based on the level of stress/trauma being experienced.

This book is written by both military and civilian specialists working in the field of military psychology and/or military leadership; it consists of 41 chapters written by 47 authors from 16 countries. We view this book as a contribution to understanding our field better, promoting communication, and providing references for learning about theories and best practices in other countries towards dealing with the pandemic. The intention of the book is to provoke some thoughts on how military psychology can be applied in not just military contexts but also explore diversity of applications in different realms, when dealing with pandemic in present times as well as during post-pandemic reconstruction from a psycho-logical perspective. Hopefully, this book will be a primer in opening up plethora of research in the immediate future to cater to the fragilities of the human mind in dealing with the pandemic.