An article in the Boise Weekly challenges the idea that the one hour mental health screening of National Guard veterans returning from combat has gone from being "mandatory" to being "optional." Seems like there's something potentially political behind why that is. It's not the purpose of this blog to get into the politics of veterans' care -- many other blogs can and will be able to do that -- but just to mention that it's an issue.
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Lee Holden: 7 Minutes of Magic: Recharge Your Body Each Day with Qi Gong
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Richard A. Bryant: Acute Stress Disorder: A Handbook of Theory, Assessment, and Treatment
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Gaiam: AM/PM Yoga For Beginners (with The Dalai Lama & 10 Routines)
Ashley B. Hart, II: An Operators Manual for Combat PTSD: Essays for Coping
Claude Anshin Thomas: At Hell's Gate : A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace
Risa F. Kaparo Ph.D.: Awakening Somatic Intelligence: The Art and Practice of Embodied Mindfulness
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Matthew J. Friedman et al.: Handbook of PTSD: Science and Practice
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Arthur Egendorf: Healing from the War: Trauma and Transformation After Vietnam
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Daniel J. Siegel, Editor: Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain
Aphrodite Matsakis: I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors
Jerry White: I Will Not Be Broken: Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
Peter A. Levine Ph.D.: In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Aphrodite Matsakis: In Harm's Way: Help for the Wives of Military Men, Police, Emts, & Firefighters
Belleruth Naparstek: Invisible Heroes : Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
Bart P Billings PhD: Invisible Scars: How to treat Combat Stress and PTSD without Medication
Mark Lerner, M.D.: It's Ok Not to Be Ok --Right Now: How to Live Through a Traumatic Experience
Dave Isay: Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project
Kenneth Doka: Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke
Meg Daley Olmert: Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond (Merloyd Lawrence Books)
Stanley Block: Mind-body Workbook for PTSD: A 10 Week Program for Healing After Trauma
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Mark Goulston: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies (For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help))
Glenn R. Schiraldi: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook
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Frank Ochberg: Post-Traumatic Therapy And Victims Of Violence (Psychosocial Stress Series, No 11)
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John N. Briere: Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment
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Heidi Squier Kraft: Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
Cynthia Orange: Shock Waves: A Practical Guide to Living with a Loved One's PTSD
Eric T. Dean, Jr.: Shook over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War
Christopher Lukas: Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
Rita Nakashima Brock: Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War
Bob Delaney: Surviving the Shadows: A Journey of Hope into Post-Traumatic Stress
Frederick Graham: The Bamboo Chest: An Adventure in Healing the Trauma of War
Bessel van der Kolk MD: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Babette Rothschild: The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
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Lee Holden: The Qi Healing Kit: Energy Practices for Health and Vitality
Martha Davis: The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
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Judith Lewis Herman: Trauma and Recovery: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Kekuni Minton: Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
Maxine Harris: Trauma Recovery and Empowerment: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Women in Groups
Charles Figley: Treating Compassion Fatigue (Brunner/Mazel Psychosocial Stress Series)
P.W. Covington: Vet to Vet: An Examination of PTSD Through Writing
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Maxine Hong Kingston, Editor: Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
Carey Spearman: Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line
Edward Tick: War and the Soul:Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Edward Tick, PhD: Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul After War
Alice Morgan: What is Narrative Therapy?: An Easy to Read Introduction (Gecko 2000)
Louise DeSalvo: Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
Yoga Journal: Yoga Journal's Yoga for Stress With Dr. Baxter Bell
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Lee Holden: 7 Minutes of Magic: Recharge Your Body Each Day with Qi Gong
Jeremy P. Crosby: A Mind Frozen in Time: A PTSD Recovery Guide
Raymond Monsour Scurfield: A Vietnam Trilogy: Veterans And Post Traumatic Stress: 1968,1989, 2000
Ben Shephard: A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century
Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.: Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character (*****)
Richard A. Bryant: Acute Stress Disorder: A Handbook of Theory, Assessment, and Treatment
Matthew J. Friedman: After the War Zone: A Practical Guide for Returning Troops and Their Families
Gaiam: AM/PM Yoga For Beginners (with The Dalai Lama & 10 Routines)
Ashley B. Hart, II: An Operators Manual for Combat PTSD: Essays for Coping
Claude Anshin Thomas: At Hell's Gate : A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace
Risa F. Kaparo Ph.D.: Awakening Somatic Intelligence: The Art and Practice of Embodied Mindfulness
Aphrodite Matsakis: Back from the Front: Combat Trauma, Love, and the Family
Joan Beder, Editor: Caring for the Military: A Guide for Helping Professionals
Britta Dragicevic: Close to Home: A Soldier's Guide to Returning from War
Gay Hendricks: Conscious Living : Finding Joy In the Real World (*****)
Suzette Boon: Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists
Jon G. Allen: Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding
Jon G. Allen: Coping With Trauma: Hope Through Understanding
Keith Armstrong: Courage After Fire : Coping Strategies for Returning Soldiers and Their Families
Francine Shapiro: EMDR : The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma
Peter Chappell: Emotional Healing with Homeopathy: Treating the Effects of Trauma
Ming-dao Deng: Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
M. Katherine Hudgins: Experiential Treatment for PTSD: The Therapeutic Spiral Model
Ron Zaczek: Farewell, Darkness: A Veteran's Triumph over Combat Trauma
G. Lloyd Carr: Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide
Penny Coleman: Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War
Matthew J. Friedman et al.: Handbook of PTSD: Science and Practice
Martha Whitmore Hickman: Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
Arthur Egendorf: Healing from the War: Trauma and Transformation After Vietnam
Peter A. Levine: Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Daniel J. Siegel, Editor: Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain
Aphrodite Matsakis: I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors
Jerry White: I Will Not Be Broken: Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
Peter A. Levine Ph.D.: In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Aphrodite Matsakis: In Harm's Way: Help for the Wives of Military Men, Police, Emts, & Firefighters
Belleruth Naparstek: Invisible Heroes : Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
Bart P Billings PhD: Invisible Scars: How to treat Combat Stress and PTSD without Medication
Mark Lerner, M.D.: It's Ok Not to Be Ok --Right Now: How to Live Through a Traumatic Experience
Dave Isay: Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project
Kenneth Doka: Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke
Meg Daley Olmert: Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond (Merloyd Lawrence Books)
Stanley Block: Mind-body Workbook for PTSD: A 10 Week Program for Healing After Trauma
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness Meditation - Cultivating the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind
Steven Halpern: Music for Healing & Unwinding: Two Pioneers in the Emerging Field of Sound Healing
Gene Combs: Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities
Kay Redfield Jamison: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
Marla Handy, Ph.D.: No Comfort Zone: Notes on Living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Richard A. Gabriel: No More Heroes: Madness and Psychiatry In War
Carla Fine: No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One
Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.: Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming (*****)
Dave Grossman: On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
William P. Mahedy: Out Of The Night: The Spiritual Journey of Vietnam Vets
David Emerson: Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body
Deborah Grassman: Peace at Last: Stories of Hope and Healing for Veterans and Their Families
Mark Goulston: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies (For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help))
Glenn R. Schiraldi: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook
- Tom Williams, PsyD.: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: a handbook for clinicians
Frank Ochberg: Post-Traumatic Therapy And Victims Of Violence (Psychosocial Stress Series, No 11)
John N. Briere: Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment
John N. Briere: Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment
- Patience H. C. Mason: Recovering from the War: A Woman's Guide to Helping Your Vietnam Vet, Your Family, and Yourself (*****)
Heidi Squier Kraft: Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
Cynthia Orange: Shock Waves: A Practical Guide to Living with a Loved One's PTSD
Eric T. Dean, Jr.: Shook over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War
Christopher Lukas: Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
Rita Nakashima Brock: Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War
Bob Delaney: Surviving the Shadows: A Journey of Hope into Post-Traumatic Stress
Frederick Graham: The Bamboo Chest: An Adventure in Healing the Trauma of War
Bessel van der Kolk MD: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Babette Rothschild: The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
Chris Adsit: The Combat Trauma Healing Manual: Christ-centered Solutions for Combat Trauma
Amy Snow: The Endless Tour: Vietnam, PTSD, and the Spiritual Void
David J. Morris: The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Peter R. Breggin, M.D.: The Heart of Being Helpful: Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence
Donald Kalsched: The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defences of the Personal Spirit
Yochi Dreazen: The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War
Martha Raddatz: The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family (*****)
Lee Holden: The Qi Healing Kit: Energy Practices for Health and Vitality
Martha Davis: The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
- Edwin S. Schneidman: The Suicidal Mind
Yael Danieli: The Trauma Of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge And Shared Care, An International Handbook
Michaela Mendelsohn PhD: The Trauma Recovery Group: A Guide for Practitioners
Robert C. Scaer: The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency
Susan Pease Banitt: The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out
Nancy Sherman: The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers
Robert Grant: The Way of the Wound: A Spirituality of Trauma and Transformation
Michael F. Myers: Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss
Judith Lewis Herman: Trauma and Recovery: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Kekuni Minton: Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
Maxine Harris: Trauma Recovery and Empowerment: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Women in Groups
Charles Figley: Treating Compassion Fatigue (Brunner/Mazel Psychosocial Stress Series)
P.W. Covington: Vet to Vet: An Examination of PTSD Through Writing
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Maxine Hong Kingston, Editor: Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
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