Morris, David J.,
The evil hours : a biography of post-traumatic stress disorder / David J. Morris. - xii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
"An Eamon Dolan book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index.
Prologue : The warning -- Saydia -- In terror's shadow -- Toward a genealogy of trauma -- The haunted mind -- Modern trauma -- Therapy -- Drugs -- Alternatives -- Growth -- Epilogue : Counterfactuals.
"In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD. Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, post-traumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the armed forces. In total, some twenty-seven million Americans are believed to be PTSD survivors. Yet to many of us, the disorder remains shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame. Now, David J. Morris -- a war correspondent, former Marine, and PTSD sufferer himself -- has written the essential account of this illness. Through interviews with individuals living with PTSD, forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness, and memoir, Morris crafts a moving work that will speak not only to those with the condition and to their loved ones, but also to all of us struggling to make sense of an anxious and uncertain time."--Publisher information.
9780544086616 0544086619 9780544570320 0544570324
2014034487
101663275 DNLM
Morris, David J., 1971- --Mental health.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--United States.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--United States--Biography.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
Veterans--psychology.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Psychology--Psychopathology--Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Medical--Mental Health.
Psychology--General.
Mental health
United States.
RC552.P67 / M68 2015
616.8521 Mor 12
2015 G-800 WM 172.5
The evil hours : a biography of post-traumatic stress disorder / David J. Morris. - xii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
"An Eamon Dolan book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index.
Prologue : The warning -- Saydia -- In terror's shadow -- Toward a genealogy of trauma -- The haunted mind -- Modern trauma -- Therapy -- Drugs -- Alternatives -- Growth -- Epilogue : Counterfactuals.
"In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD. Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, post-traumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the armed forces. In total, some twenty-seven million Americans are believed to be PTSD survivors. Yet to many of us, the disorder remains shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame. Now, David J. Morris -- a war correspondent, former Marine, and PTSD sufferer himself -- has written the essential account of this illness. Through interviews with individuals living with PTSD, forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness, and memoir, Morris crafts a moving work that will speak not only to those with the condition and to their loved ones, but also to all of us struggling to make sense of an anxious and uncertain time."--Publisher information.
9780544086616 0544086619 9780544570320 0544570324
2014034487
101663275 DNLM
Morris, David J., 1971- --Mental health.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--United States.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--United States--Biography.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
Veterans--psychology.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Psychology--Psychopathology--Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Medical--Mental Health.
Psychology--General.
Mental health
United States.
RC552.P67 / M68 2015
616.8521 Mor 12
2015 G-800 WM 172.5