With \( f(v)=bv \), we can use an arithmetic mean for \( bv^n \) a la Crank-Nicolson schemes. $$ \begin{align*} u^n & = u^{n-1} + {\Delta t}v^{n-\half},\\ v^{n+\half} &= \left(1 + \frac{b}{2m}\Delta t\right)^{-1}\left( v^{n-\half} + {\Delta t} m^{-1}\left(F^n - {\half}f(v^{n-\half}) - s(u^n)\right)\right)\tp \end{align*} $$