War and Redemption: Treatment and Recovery in Combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by Dewey,Larry

• ISBN13: 9780754641650
• ISBN10: 0754641651
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-05-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Based on the author's 20+ years' experience of treating combat veterans, Larry Dewey explores the war trauma and life adaptation of combatants over two decades of intensive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addressing moral, spiritual and existential issues while also attending to the important physiological and psychological symptoms.

Author Biography

Larry Dewey is Chief of Psychiatry at the Boise, Idaho Veterans Affairs Medical Center (USA) and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: The Descent into Hell	7	(106)
1 The Burden of Killing	9	(8)
2 How Propaganda and Love Make War Possible	17	(38)
3 The Trauma of War and the Emotional Cost to the Common Men Who Fight It	55	(18)
4 The Burden of "Breaking the Geneva Convention of the Soul"	73	(24)
5 The Rules of Fear	97	(16)
Part II: What Vets Have Taught Me About Effective Treatment	113	(74)
6 "It Helps to Tell the Story - But It's Hard"	115	(8)
7 Grief and Grieving	123	(6)
8 Understanding Conditioned Responses	129	(8)
9 The Therapeutic Reunion	137	(10)
10 "Keeping the Demons at Bay": Sharing and Support and "Working Through" in Group Therapy	147	(12)
11 Humor	159	(6)
12 Sleep and Medication	165	(8)
13 The "Antidote Experience" and Its Use in Therapy	173	(14)
Part III: The Hope of Redemption	187	(52)
14 Having the Courage to Face the Truth and Being Willing to Take Corrective Action	189	(12)
15 Mercy, Reparative Acts and Forgiveness	201	(12)
16 Spiritual Connection and Recovery	213	(16)
17 The Cure of Love: What the World's Best Copers Teach Us About Living Well	229	(10)
Bibliography	239	(6)
Index	245