Reviews
Highly recommended for military and psychology holdings alike.
Thoroughly recommended as a humane, insightful, and very readable book.
Recommended to the general reader interested in the effects of war and the importance of finding new and better ways to treat those effects.
Accessible, informative and compelling.
Though useful for mental health professionals from different backgrounds (i.e. psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, patient care technicians, etc.), this work is also intended for those who have experienced symptoms of PTSD or know someone who has... There are many books that discuss virtually every aspect of PTSD... few offer such a personal, frontline glimpse into the challenges mental health professionals face in providing accurate assessment and treatment services for military personnel.
Dr. McLay’s account of combat PTSD is both intensely personal and realistically scientific. The story of how he worked to perfect virtual reality therapy—which has helped many Service Members overcome PTSD—is a must read for anyone who has to deal with combat PTSD—Veterans, loved ones, and those who seek to help them.
Book Details
Prologue
1. Why This Book Was Written
2. What Is PTSD Anyway? Looking at the Problem before Iraq
3. Every War Is Different, Every War Is the Same
4. Mind and Brain
5. The Forgotten War
6. Treatment and Cure
Prologue
1. Why This Book Was Written
2. What Is PTSD Anyway? Looking at the Problem before Iraq
3. Every War Is Different, Every War Is the Same
4. Mind and Brain
5. The Forgotten War
6. Treatment and Cure
7. I Don't Believe in That Stuff: Arguments against the Existence of PTSD
8. Some Birthday: Attempts to Prevent PTSD
9. Iraq in Digital
10. Women at War
11. Memorial Day in Camp Fallujah
12. It Just Might Work
13. The State of the Science
14. Therapy in Foxholes
15. The War at Home
16. Virtual Reality Faces the Real Thing
17. Different Roads Home
18. A Kind of Peace: What We Learned and What We Have Left to Accomplish
Acknowledgments
Index