Beyond post-traumatic stress : homefront struggles with the wars on terror / Sarah Hautzinger and Jean Scandlyn.

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"When soldiers at Fort Carson were charged with a series of 14 murders, PTSD and other "invisible wounds of war" were thrown into the national spotlight. With these events as their starting point, Jean Scandlyn and Sarah Hautzinger argue for a new approach to combat stress and trauma, seeing them no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hautzinger, Sarah J., 1963-
Other Authors:	Scandlyn, Jean
Language:	English
Published:	Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press Inc., [2014]
Subjects:	Post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder > Patients > United States. Veterans > Mental health > United States. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Psychological aspects. Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Psychological aspects. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Psychological aspects. PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. Combat Disorders. United States.
Physical Description:	318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: IntroductionPart I: Coming Home 1. Lethal Warriors at Home 2. "Best Home Town in the Army"3. Doing Dirty Work4. PTSD = Pulling the Stigma Down 5. Decentering PTSD Part II: The Supporting Cast 6. Codeswitching : "So, why do you have frostbite?" 7. "This is Our Playground": Family Readiness Groups 8. Waiting to Serve 9. Appropriate Accommodation, or Exceptionalism for Supercitizens? 10. "This Land is Not for Sale": on Canyon and Army Expansionism Part III: Dialogue 11. "You're Not a Victim, You're a Volunteer" 12. "Closing the Gaps": Seeking Civilian-Military Dialogue 13. "Clueless Civilians" and Others 14. The Day after Veterans Day: Listening to the Homefront Conclusion: Toward a Collective Reckoning with the Post-9/11 WarsReferencesIndex.