Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans
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Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9783319229850
ISBN-13 : 3319229850
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Download or read book Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans written by Elspeth Cameron Ritchie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a case-based approach to addressing the challenges psychiatrists and other clinicians face when working with American combat veterans after their return from a war zone. Written by experts, the book concentrates on a wide variety of concerns associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including different treatments of PTSD. The text also looks at PTSD comorbidities, such as depression and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other conditions masquerading as PTSD. Finally, the authors touch on other subjects concerning returning veterans, including pain, disability, facing the end of a career, sleep problems , suicidal thoughts, violence, , and mefloquine “toxidrome”. Each case study includes a case presentation, diagnosis and assessment, treatment and management, outcome and case resolution, and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans is a valuable resource for civilian and military mental health practitioners, and primary care physicians on how to treat patients returning from active war zones.


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