PTK - Research Project, 2016: Resources at ECC - Books, Articles and ebooks

Provides resources and guidance to help military veterans recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), discussing treatment options, diagnostic criteria and techniques, prevention techniques, barriers to receiving proper care, and related topics.

An overview of trauma and the mind/body -- History of the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD -- The phenomenology of PTSD -- The experiences of reserve soldiers -- Coming home from the war -- Preparing for what is to come -- Civilians at risk -- Treatment approaches to traumatic disorders -- Keys to treating trauma -- Alternative approaches to treating PTSD -- Remembrance -- Gold along the path.

"Each year millions of people are afflicted by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Most struggle to simply make it through the day as sights, sounds, and smells bring their life's most harrowing experience front and center, to be relived again and again. And many are unaware of the root problem of these symptoms or are unwilling to admit one exists. Through moving firsthand accounts, 5 Survivors sheds an intimate light on the impact of PTSD on three veterans of war, a survivor of Hurricane Katrina, and a victim of childhood sexual abuse.

"The story of Army Major General Mark Graham and his wife Carol, whose two sons are both military men. Their sons pass (one from suicide, one in combat), and the Grahams' grief sheds light on military culture, and society's struggle to come to terms with the death of our soldiers"-- Provided by publisher.

The battle that never ends -- Combat PTSD : a moving target -- Across the ages : PTSD from the Civil War to Korea -- The politics of PTSD : Vietnam -- The campaign for PTSD -- Vietnam veterans in the dock -- Breeding ground for PTSD : Iraq and Afghanistan -- The war at home : veterans in criminal court -- Women's war : the faces of PTSD -- Running the gauntlet : MST and sexual violence against women warriors -- Trials of homecoming -- Finding solutions : courts, psychiatry, and the politics of PTSD -- Epilogue : the future of PTSD.

An Overview of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Early History of PTSD in War - PTSD Treatment in Children - PTSD Treatment in Adults: National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Healing Combat Trauma - PTSD Research: Associated Press - A Broad PTSD Definition May Lead to Overdiagnosis - PTSD Is Not Overdiagnosed - The Debriefing Debate: National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Propranolol May Not Be Effective Enough in Treating PTSD - Propranolol May Be Helpful in Treating PTSD - The Personal Side of PTSD - PTSD Following the 2001 World Trade Center Attracks - The Effects of Vietnam - A Student with PTSD Is Forced to Take a Year Off - The Iraq War and PTSD - Late-Onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - The Unique Issues of a Female War Veteran

A proven recovery program for survivors of all types of trauma, from 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina to life-changing accidents, losses, and other everyday tragedies
Encompasses a wider audience than other books on this topic, from less severe to more extreme cases of post-traumatic stress syndrome

When a spouse or partner returns from war, it is a time of joy and celebration. However, it may also be difficult to readjust to life together after long periods of being apart. Returning service members face many challenges on the path to reintegration, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, insomnia, "battlemind," and more. In Coming Back Together, clinical psychologist Steven L. Sayers offers real tools to help combat veterans and their partners reestablish family routines and build a stronger sense of intimacy and resilience after a military deployment,

Recognizing and solving the PTSD epidemic, for our soldiers and our society. Suicide rates among Army soldiers increased 80 percent between 2004 and 2008, according to a recent report published in Injury Prevention. In the last several years, the number of soldiers returning from the Middle East with mental and physical wounds has continued to climb.