EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tara Fields’s book, Tracer Patient, examines what she says are systemic failures in military mental health care and advocates for reform.
Her book talks about her own journey as a former military member and mental health provider, and the stories of other service members, to illustrate how policies and command climates affect outcomes for active-duty personnel and their families.
Her book also describes Tara’s transition from clinician to patient, highlighting personal limits within a high-demand system…