Down Range: To Iraq and Back
by Bridget C. Cantrell, Chuck Dean
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Author: Bridget C. Cantrell, Chuck DeanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-01
ISBN: 1933150068
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Hearts Toward Home International
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Book Review: The pain does not go away. You just learn to live with it.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was written by a female clinical psychologist, a trauma specialist in therapeutic counseling for war veterans and their families, and a male Vietnam War veteran, for combat troops returning home from deployment. It is an important book which tries to take the stigma out of seeking help for mental health services. Chapter Four Some Wounds Are Not Visible makes the important point "The emotional and psychological stress of war does not go away by leaving it unattended. The wounds of war do not go away with time or just by leaving it alone. They have to be addressed and you cannot do it alone. If you were wounded physically during combat you would allow a medic to attend to the wound. This is no different." As oftentimes returning veterans experiencing emotional problems may be discouraged by their peers for even considering seeking help normalizing this process cannot be overemphasized.
After describing what posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is, the book details its symptoms including intrusive thoughts and flashbacks, isolation and avoidance, emotional numbing, depression, anger, substance and alcohol abuse, guilt, suicidal thoughts and feelings, anxiety and nervousness and emotional constriction. It makes the important point that PTSD is NOT a mental illness but a "normal reaction to extreme stress." It occurs when a person has experienced, witnessed or has been confronted with traumatic death or physical injury to themselves or others.
Chapter 5 First Aid for PTSD stresses the importance of not battling nightmares, anxious feelings, unexplained anger, depression or other PTSD symptoms alone. The authors recommend talking it out, writing it out, physical activity, avoiding self medication and learning to relax as helpful approaches to managing negative str4ss.
Myself a veteran of the Navy Hospital Corps and a social worker who has worked with returning combat veterans, I would very much recommend this book to every servicemember who has returned from a war. In fact I wish I could have been able to give a copy of this book to every returning combat vet I came into contact with. I am sure it would have been of great help to many of them.
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