post-traumatic stress disorder

Examines what happens to the human body under the stress of combat in a foreign land and as a police officer in the streets of urban America; and discusses the measures that can be taken to prevent extreme forms of debilitating stress on the mind and body.

A memoir from a SEAL and medic in which he explores his 25-year career in dangerous combat missions and the post-traumatic stress disorder that developed at home.

Christal Presley describes the thirty days she spent reconnecting and having difficult conversations with her Vietnam veteran father who has severe post-traumatic stress disorder. At the age of eighteen he was drafted into the army. Unlike many soldiers of the Vietnam War, he returned home but he was never the same man again. Christal learned to avoid doing anything to annoy him and at the age of eighteen she moved out. She barely spoke to her father for the next thirteen years. In 2009 she came up with the idea of the Thirty-Day Project, a month's worth of conversations with a man she hardly knew, but wanted to.

"An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure"--Provided by publisher.

Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.

"Shares insights on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), showing why it occurs, how it affects the development and existence of those it impacts, and how it can be treated"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Mara cannot remember the accident that took the lives of three of her friends but, after moving from Rhode Island to Florida, finding love with Noah, and more deaths, she realizes uncovering something buried in her memory might save her family and her future.

Examines post-traumatic stress disorder, looking at current research, and the debate of whether or not it is an illness.

Explains what post-traumatic stress disorder is, how it is typically diagnosed, and how it is treated.