War trauma in veterans and their families : diagnosis and management of PTSD, TBI, and comorbidities of combat trauma : from pharmacotherapy to a 12-step self-help program for combat veterans / edited by Jamshid A. Marvasti ; (with 17 other contributors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marvasti, Jamshid A., editor.

Series:

American series in behavioral science and law.

American series in behavioral science and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War neuroses.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Brain damage.

Veterans--Mental health.

Veterans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mission in writing this book was to look beyond politics in order to explore the extent of the ongoing and long-term human cost of war and military occupation. This book addresses the suffering of our troops and their families and our responsibility as a society, first to acknowledge and diagnose this suffering, and then to care for those who are affected by it. The first of two sections, "Clinical Issues of War Trauma," contains chapters on signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and pharmacotherapy of war trauma. The second section, "Witnesses to War," is comprised of four first-hand accounts of

Contents:

WAR TRAUMA IN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 IMPACT OF WAR AND COMBAT ON VETERANS; Chapter 2 BLAST-WAVE INJURIES AND TBI:EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY; Chapter 3 PTSD IN VETERANS: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; Chapter 4 SPIRITUAL DISTRESS AS A COMPONENTOF PTSD: THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL HEALING; Chapter 5 PROZAC ARMY: MEDICATED MILITARY INCOMBAT, A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT; Chapter 6 PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR PTSD:ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS; Chapter 7 PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR PTSD: MOODSTABILIZERS AND ANTIADRENERGICS

Chapter 8 PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR PTSD:TRANQUILIZERS, HYPNOTICS ANDNEUROLEPTIC MEDICATIONSChapter 9 PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AS A COMORBIDITY OF PTSD; Chapter 10 FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE: CLINICAL ISSUES IN WAR TRAUMA BEREAVEMENT; Chapter 11 FORENSIC ASPECTS OF COMBAT TRAUMAAND PTSD: SPECIAL VETERANS' COURT,MALINGERING, AND CRIMINAL CONDUCT; Chapter 12 VETERANS' EXPERIENCES OF WAR; Chapter 13 THE BATTLE AFTER THE WAR: CULTURAL CHALLENGES FOR THOSE COMING HOME; Chapter 14 THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL DEPLOYMENTON CHILDREN IN MILITARY FAMILIES

Chapter 15 FAMILIES OF VETERANS:THE FORGOTTEN WAR FRONTChapter 16 VETERAN'S SUICIDE: PREVALENCE,CONTRIBUTING FACTORS,AND PREVENTION; Chapter 17 PTSD IN ASIAN CULTURES: CAN WE LEARN FROM HOW OTHER SOCIETIES HANDLE TRAUMA IN NATURAL DISASTER?; Part II WITNESSES TO WAR; Chapter 18 WARRIOR VALUES IN MODERN TIMES:MY EXPERIENCE IN THE IRAQ WAR; Chapter 19 MY EXPERIENCES AS A MEDICAL OPERATIONS OFFICER IN AFGHANISTAN; Chapter 20 GUIDED MISSILES AND MISGUIDEDLEADERS; Chapter 21 FAR FROM BEING A HERO; Appendix; INDEX

Notes:

"Publication number 1114."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08725-3

OCLC:

781615009