Overview
- Includes in-depth introduction to PTSD
- Collection of case studies from experienced medical officers
- Covers areas specific to war veterans, including PTSD and special operations
- Explores different PTSD treatments, from highly specialized medical treatments such as Stellate Ganglion Blocks, to alternative treatments such as therapeutic dogs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Established and Evidence-Based Treatments
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Emerging Treatments
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Comorbidities
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“This edited collection from numerous authors focuses on both evidence-based and novel approaches for treatment of PTSD in active and retired military personnel. … The primary audience is medical personnel … . the book has given me background for understanding and valuing innovative approaches to the treatment of PTSD in an effort to improve outcomes. Overall, I would highly recommend this book to my colleagues.” (Cameron J. Risma, Doody’s Book Reviews, March, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
COL (ret) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20314
elspethcameronritchie@gmail.comBibliographic Information
Book Title: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans
Editors: Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22985-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22984-3Published: 05 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22985-0Published: 27 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 373
Number of Illustrations: 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Psychotherapy