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1 online resource (357 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Impact of war and combat on veterans / Jamshid A. Marvasti and Kenneth A. Fuchsman -- Blast-wave injuries and TBI: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and symptomatology / Jamshid A. Marvasti and Ali Alim-Marvasti -- PTSD in veterans: signs and symptoms / Jamshid A. Marvasti and Shazia Rahim Anwar -- Spiritual distress as a component of PTSD: the need for spiritual healing / Mary Paquette -- Prozac army: medicated military in combat, a controversial subject / Jamshid A. Marvasti -- Pharmacotherapy for PTSD: antidepressant medications / Jamshid A. Marvasti -- Pharmacotherapy for PTSD: mood stabilizers and antiadrenergics / Jamshid A. Marvasti -- Pharmacotherapy for PTSD: tranquilizers, hypnotics, and neuroleptic medications / Jamshid A. Marvasti -- Pharmacotherapy for alcohol problems as a comorbidity of PTSD / Jamshid A. Marvasti and Khairul Nual -- Fighting for your life: clinical issues in war trauma bereavement / Karen L. Carney and William J. Pilkington -- Forensic aspects of combat trauma and PTSD: special veterans' court, malingering, and criminal conduct / Jamshid A. Marvasti and Joseph E. Podolski -- Veterans' experiences of war / Valerie L. Dripchak -- The battle after the war: cultural challenges for those coming home / Claire C. Olivier -- The effect of parental deployment on children in military families / Nina M. Dadlez -- Families of veterans: the forgotten war front / Valerie L. Dripchak -- Veteran's suicide: prevalence, contributing factors, and prevention / Jamshid A. Marvasti and Kenneth A. Fuchsman -- PTSD in Asian cultures: can we learn from how other societies handle trauma in natural disaster? / Alan R. Teo and Robert Lerrigo -- Warrior values in modern times: my experience in the Iraq War / Robert J. Caffrey -- My experiences as a medical operations officer in Afghanistan / Seth Mastrocola -- Guided missiles and misguided leaders: civilians in war zones as observed by a Christian activist / Christopher J. Doucot -- Far from being a hero: my life as a WWII pilot / Sidney Gitlin -- Appendix: 12-step self-help principles for combat veterans with PTSD / Jamshid A. Marvasti. |
| 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 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. This section explores the vast variety of pathology such as TBI, PTSD, suicide, affective disorder, addiction, spiritual distress, and forensic aspects of combat trauma. To supplement or advance beyond medication and counseling, the editor designed a set of 12-Step Self-Help Principles for Combat Veterans with PTSD, inspired by addiction self-help programs. The second section, "Witnesses to War," is comprised of four first-hand accounts of experiences in combat zones, during and after conflict. Some chapters were written by professionals with direct involvement in combat, from WW II to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book will be a standard text at military educational institutions and highly valuable to civilian professionals practicing psychiatry, family counseling and forensic psychology in the military system. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War neuroses.
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War neuroses. |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder. |
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Brain damage.
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Brain damage. |
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Veterans -- Mental health.
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Veterans -- Mental health. |
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Veterans. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marvasti, Jamshid A. 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. Springfield : Charles C Thomas, ©2012 9780398087241 |
| ISBN |
9780398087258 (electronic book) |
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0398087253 (electronic book) |
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