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War trauma [electronic resource] : lessons unlearned, from Vietnam to Iraq : vol. 3 of a Vietnam trilogy / Raymond Monsour Scurfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scurfield, Raymond M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Veterans--Mental health.
- Veterans.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Mental health.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Veterans--Mental health.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A nationally-renowned authority on post-traumatic stress disorder reveals the psychiatric impact of war on soldiers and veterans, which is denied or minimized by government and the military. Through efforts to treat veterans of past conflicts he illustrates the inevitability of lifelong psychiatric scars from today's conflicts as well.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Lessons Unlearned from Vietnam to Iraq; Chapter 2. 9/11 And Post-Traumatic Stress: Inter- Connections To Vietnam And Iraq; Chapter 3. Iraq and War Zone Psychiatric Casualties; Chapter 4. The Return Home and the Ricochet Effect on the Family; Chapter 5. The Relationship between Active Duty Military, Veterans, Their Families and the DOD and VA; Chapter 6. War Trauma-Related Blame, Guilt and Shame. Relief is Possible; Chapter 7. Back to the Future: From Vietnam to Iraq; Chapter 8. The Expanding Circle of Healing; Afterword
- Appendix I. Cognitive Reframing Technique: Determining the Percentages of ResponsibilityAppendix II. Rationale and Recommendations to Test New Trauma Treatment Protocols in the War Zone and Their Longer-Term Impact; Appendix III. Broad-based Community Involvement in Services for Reservists and their Families; Recommended Readings; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230).
- ISBN:
- 9786611398194
- 1-281-39819-5
- 0-87586-487-2
- OCLC:
- 476115344
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