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Once a warrior, always a warrior navigating the transition from combat to home--including combat stress, PTSD, and mTBI

With this book, Dr. Hoge reaches out to a larger community of veterans and their families, helping family members to gain greater understanding of ways they can help their loved ones navigate the "PTSD paradox" while also helping veterans cope with combat stress and PTSD through a set of s...

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Main Author: Hoge, Charles W.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Guilford, Conn. : GPP Life, c2010.
Subjects:
War neuroses.
Psychology, Military.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Veterans > Psychology.
Summary: With this book, Dr. Hoge reaches out to a larger community of veterans and their families, helping family members to gain greater understanding of ways they can help their loved ones navigate the "PTSD paradox" while also helping veterans cope with combat stress and PTSD through a set of specific skills.
Physical Description: xxiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-293) and index.
ISBN: 9780762754427
0762754427
Author Notes: Charles W. Hoge, MD, Coloniel, U.S. Army (Retired), directed the U.S. military's premier research program on the mental health and neurological effects of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2002 to 2009 at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He deployed to Iraq in 2004 to improve combat stress care, and continues to work as a staff psychiatrist treating service members, veterans, and family members. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.

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