There's a good, somewhat generic but helpful article in Yahoo's "Kids Health" section today about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - what it is, what causes it, and what its signs and symptoms are. The focus is more general than PTSD specifically as a result of combat trauma, but it's still informative and serves as a good introduction to the topic.
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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
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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 (*****)
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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
- Stephanie Laite Lanham: Veterans and Families' Guide to Recovering from PTSD
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
- Scurfield and Platoni, editors: War Trauma and Its Wake: Expanding the Circle of Healing (Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series)
Raymond Monsour Scurfield: War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq
Brad Willis: Warrior Pose: How Yoga (Literally) Saved My Life
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
Michael A. Jawer: Your Emotional Type: Key to the Therapies That Will Work for You
Michele Rosenthal: Your Life After Trauma: Powerful Practices to Reclaim Your Identity
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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
- Stephanie Laite Lanham: Veterans and Families' Guide to Recovering from PTSD
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
- Scurfield and Platoni, editors: War Trauma and Its Wake: Expanding the Circle of Healing (Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series)
Raymond Monsour Scurfield: War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq
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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)
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