The NAMI brochure includes the following sections:
* Psychological Trauma & PTSD
* Risk Factors for Developing PTSD
* The Neurobiology of PTSD
* What is PTSD?
* PTSD & Co-Occurring Disorders
* Combat Veterans & Trauma
* Children & Trauma
* Trauma & the Mental Health System
* Family Impact of PTSD
* Recovery and Coping
* Treatment for PTSD
* Medications
* Resources, including Family-to-Family Education and NAMI Connection programs.
NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by serious mental illnesses.
SOURCE National Alliance on Mental Illness
Further New Research & Study Materials:
Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq
“Including empirical research and anecdotal prose and poetry about combat veterans, this book discusses post-traumatic stress disorder among war veterans and present debates about diagnoses. Paulson and Krippner also... Read more
War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq
As a clinical psychologist and veteran of the War in Iraq, I can assure you that my review of the current literature has been extensive. To date, nothing published contains such extraordinary real world relevance as that... Read more
Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine
Tyler E. Boudreau is a twelve-year veteran of the Marine Corps infantry. He trained and committed himself physically and intellectually to the military life. Then his intense devotion began to disintegrate, bit by bit, during his final mission in Iraq. After returning home, he discovered a turmoil developing in his mind, estranging him from his loved ones and the bill of goods he eagerly purchased as a marine officer.... Read more
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