Shell shock, combat fatigue, Vietnam Syndrome--whatever the name, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been with us since ancient Greece. With 20 percent o

War and PTSD are on the public's mind as news stories regularly describe insurgency attacks in Iraq and paint grim portraits of the lives of returning soldiers

This book takes a case-based approach to addressing the challenges psychiatrists and other clinicians face when working with American combat veterans after thei

Vietnam still haunts the American conscience. Not only did nearly 58,000 Americans die there, but--by some estimates--1.5 million veterans returned with war-ind

Examines how soldiers returning from combat from World War II to the present have been afflicted with post traumatic stress disorder and explores how treatments