PTSD and the Military Family: Recommended Reading

Have a troop serving overseas? You're probably wondering what you can do to ease their transition back to civilian life once they're home. You probably also want to do all you can to prepare yourself for that long-anticipated reunion.

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Well, there are a number of great books that have been written to help those looking to do just that. Some of the following are also available as books-on-tape/cd, if you prefer that format:

Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families by Karen Pavlicin
Down Range: To Iraq and Back by Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D and Chuck Dean
An Operators Manual for Combat PTSD: Essays for Coping by Ashley B., II Hart
When the War Is over a New One Begins: Rebuilding Relationships After Trauma by Chuck Dean and Bette Nordberg
Courage After Fire : Coping Strategies for Returning Soldiers and Their Families by Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, and Paula Domenici
Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for America's Military Families by Ellie Kay
Solo Ops: A Survival Guide for Military Wives by Hilary Martin
War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Edward Tick, PhD
Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops by Ilona Meagher

Please add any of your own recommendations in comments. I'll be happy to add them to the list.

Considerable Quotes

"The first shamans earned their keep in primitave societies by providing explanations and rituals that enabled man to deal with his environment and his personal anguish. Early man, no less than we, dealt with forces that he could not understand or control, and he attempted to come to grips with his vulnerablity by trying to bring order to his universe." -- Richard Gabriel in No More Heroes

"War stories end when the battle is over or when the soldier comes home. In real life, there are no moments amid smoldering hilltops for tranquil introspection. When the war is over, you pick up your gear, walk down the hill and back into the world." -- OIF vet John Crawford in The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell

"After wars' end, soldiers once again become civilians and return to their families to try to pick up where they left off. It is this process of readjustment that has more often than not been ignored by society. -- Major Robert H. Stretch, Ph.D in Textbook of Military Medicine: Vol. 6 Combat Stress

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