Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq

by Stanley Krippner and Daryl S. Paulson

Book Overview

Across history, the condition has been called soldier's heart, shell shock, or combat fatigue. It is now increasingly common as our service men and women return from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other ongoing combat zones. Since 1990, Veterans' centers here have treated more than 1.6 million affected men and women, including an estimated 100,000 from the Gulf War and an untallied total from the Iraq front and fighting in Afghanistan. The number also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275991873
• ISBN13: 9780275991876
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"