War and the soul : healing our nation's veterans from post-traumatic stress disorder / Edward Tick.
By: Tick, Edward
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TextPublisher: Wheaton, IL : Quest Books, 2012Copyright date: ©2005General Notes: Available through ebrary, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Included bibliographical reference and index.Description: 1 online resource (345 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780835630054.Subject(s): Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment | Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Prevention | Veterans -- Mental health -- United States | Violence -- Psychological aspects -- United States | Veterans -- Psychology -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 616.85/212 | 616.8521 | 616.85212 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge. | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Available through ebrary, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
Included bibliographical reference and index.
Part I: The soul in war - One: War, trauma, and soul -- Two: The mythic arena of war -- Three: War as a rite of passage -- Four: Ancient myth and modern war -- Five: The soul in slaughter. -- Part II: From myth to reality - Six: Inside PSTD: Identity and soul wound -- Seven: Eros and aesthetics in Hell -- Eight: Relations with the missing and the dead -- Nine: The soul of a nation -- Ten: Warrior or soldier, hero or waste? -- Part III: The long road home - Eleven: The soul's homeward journey -- Twelve: Purification and cleansing -- Thirteen: The healing power of storytelling -- Fourteen: Restitution in the family and the nation -- Fifteen: Initiation as a warrior -- Sixteen: War in religion and spirituality.
In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That's almost 30 percent; other statistics show 35 percent. Such vets typically can't hold jobs. They are incapable of intimacy, creative work, and self-realization. Some can't leave the house because they are afraid they will kill or be killed. The key to healing, says psychotherapist Ed Tick, is in how we understand PTSD. In war's overwhelming violence, the soul?the true self?flees and can become lost for life. He redefines PTSD as.
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