PTSD & Psychic Trauma: Books & eBooks

Follows Iraq War veterans as they return home and struggled to reintegrate -- both into their family lives and into American society at large.

Demonstrates the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism.

Examines how trauma affects an individual's biology, conceptions of the world, and psychological functioning. Key topics include why certain people cope successfully with traumatic experiences while others do not, the neurobiological processes underlying PTSD symptomatology, enduring questions surrounding traumatic memories and dissociation, and the core components of effective interventions.

A history and analysis of PTSD and its effect on families and society. Explains how PTSD now operates as a means of defense in the criminal court system and how it will affect the courts going forward.

Presents an historical reflection from the 20th and 21st centuries as society became more aware of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and vehicular crashes affecting the pediatric population. Also includes the demographics of current as well as past national crash statistics, factors involved in dangerous driving, PTSD assessment concepts, PTSD differential diagnoses and comorbidities, the psychological impact of PTSD, issues for teachers, PTSD and resilience, and management principles for PTSD.

A diverse group of writers, activists, and scholars of sociology, anthropology, literature, and cultural studies reflects on the study of trauma and how multidisciplinary approaches lend richness and a sense of deeper understanding to this growing field of inquiry.

A compilation of personal and professional first-hand accounts of the 9/11 experience, from the moment the first plane slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, to the months mental health professionals worked to ease the pain and trauma of others even while they themselves were traumatized.

Presents research in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder. Topics discussed include the diverse emotional consequences and treatment needs of sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors; PTSD among visible and invisible electrically injured outpatients; early life stress and emotional vulnerability; delayed effects of repeated inescapable severe stress on brain cannabinoid receptor expression and acoustic startle response in adolescent male rats; suicidal ideation associated with PCL checklist-ascertained PTSD among veterans treated for substance abuse; and veterans'engagement in psychotherapy for PTSD.

Examines how the definitions of and responses to traumatic psychic conditions have changed over time.

Introducing techniques and strategies that have helped people embark on a healing journey.