Many service members and veterans have experienced symptoms of PTSD and blast injuries with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, post traumatic stress disorder is not limited to wartime experiences. It can also occur to adults who have been in life threatening events such as car crashes, assaults or natural disasters.
These books and self help guides on PTSD identify PTSD symptoms, give coping strategies, information on treatment, and personal accounts on surviving emotional and physical trauma. Information explains the causes of PTSD, common symptoms at home and in the community, and gives exercises and techniques for coping. Books also discuss the effects of trauma, blast injury and PTSD on family members with suggestions for communication and adjustment.
When a parent is injured, sons and daughters often feel confused, scared, anxious and angry. This guide helps parents explain the physical, cognitive, behavioral, social and communicative changes that can follow a brain injury, blast injury or PTSD. Using examples from children of all ages, it helps them understand their emotional reactions to a parent’s injury or PTSD. Each chapter has an exercise for children and practical tips for children, parents and professionals.
Families and clinicians treating veterans will find books and manuals with practical information on the symptoms, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery of service members and troops after traumatic brain injury, concussion and PTSD.
Blast injury, PTSD and brain injury guide for families and caregivers on the consequences of concussion in veterans. Used by many VA Hospitals and Army Medical Facilities.
Story book helps children understand their emotions and reactions when a parent has a brain injury. Describes coma, rehabilitation, coming home, and therapy from a child's perspective. Recommended for families of injured veterans and service members.
Workbook for adults, veterans and families on mild traumatic brain injury and concussion symptoms with strategies and exercises for improving attention, memory and executive functions.
Workbook for families and adults explains types of memory and effects of aging, brain injury, and brain damage on memory. Includes practical exercises and tips for adults, family members and caregivers for brain injury rehabilitation. Recommended for persons with mild brain injury or mild cognitive impairments due to trauma, aging, or disease.
Workbook on symptoms and consequences of PTSD after blast injury, concussion and brain injury with exercises for coping and reducing stress amd symptoms.
Book for returning veterans and families describes effects of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), concussion and stress among service members coming home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Book helps veterans returning from war adjust to civilian life at home with family with strategies for adjustment, coping with stress and reducing anxiety.
Book for couples coping with effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from war, brain injury, violence, accidents, crime or health problems.