Invisible Wounds

Author : Richard F. Mollica
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826516411

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Healing Invisible Wounds by Richard F. Mollica Pdf

In these personal reflections on his thirty years of clinical work with victims of genocide, torture, and abuse in the United States, Cambodia, Bosnia, and other parts of the world, Richard Mollica describes the surprising capacity of traumatized people to heal themselves. Here is how Neil Boothby, Director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, describes the book: "Mollica provides a wealth of ethnographic and clinical evidence that suggests the human capacity to heal is innate--that the 'survival instinct' extends beyond the physical to include the psychological as well. He enables us to see how recovery from 'traumatic life events' needs to be viewed primarily as a 'mystery' to be listened to and explored, rather than solely as a 'problem' to be identified and solved. Healing involves a quest for meaning--with all of its emotional, cultural, religious, spiritual and existential attendants--even when bio-chemical reactions are also operative." Healing Invisible Wounds reveals how trauma survivors, through the telling of their stories, teach all of us how to deal with the tragic events of everyday life. Mollica's important discovery that humiliation--an instrument of violence that also leads to anger and despair--can be transformed through his therapeutic project into solace and redemption is a remarkable new contribution to survivors and clinicians. This book reveals how in every society we have to move away from viewing trauma survivors as "broken people" and "outcasts" to seeing them as courageous people actively contributing to larger social goals. When violence occurs, there is damage not only to individuals but to entire societies, and to the world. Through the journey of self-healing that survivors make, they enable the rest of us not only as individuals but as entire communities to recover from injury in a violent world.

Author : Jess Ruliffson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11
Category : Afghan War, 2001-2021
ISBN : 1683961900

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Invisible Wounds by Jess Ruliffson Pdf

Over the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has traveled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. Ruliffson shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary people who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. Identity lies at the heart of these stories, as they grapple with their gender, their race, and the brutality they've witnessed and caused. In this compassionate book, Ruliffson reveals how America's endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them. She finds that the real experience of is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper.

Author : Wayne Kritsberg
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0553089846

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The Invisible Wound by Wayne Kritsberg Pdf

A pioneer in the field of adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families brings his expertise to this extremely pressing issue. Unique among books on sexual abuse, this work focuses on physical energy blockages and body memories as well as on traditional insight techniques to guide readers step-by-step through the healing process. Photographs.

Author : Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781616145545

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Invisible Wounds of War by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard Pdf

There’s no real homecoming for many of our veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They may go through the motions of daily life in their hometowns, but the terrible sights and sounds of war are still fresh in their minds. This empathic, inside look into the lives of our combat veterans reveals the lingering impact that the longest wars in our nation’s history continue to have on far too many of our finest young people. Basing her account on numerous interviews with veterans and their families, the author examines the factors that have made these recent conflicts especially trying. A major focus of the book is the extreme duress that is a daily part of a soldier’s life in combat zones with no clear frontlines or perimeters. Having to cope with unrecognizable enemies in the midst of civilian populations and attacks from hidden weapons like improvised explosive devices exacts a heavy toll. Compounding the problem is the all-volunteer nature of our armed forces, which often demands multiple deployments of enlistees. This results in frequent cases of post-traumatic stress disorder and families disrupted by the long absence of one and sometimes both parents. The author also discusses the lack of connectedness between civilian society and military personnel, leading to inadequate healthcare for many veterans. This deficiency has been highlighted by the urgent need to treat traumatic brain injuries in survivors of explosions and the high veteran suicide rate. Bouvard concludes on a positive note by discussing some of the surprising and encouraging ways that the chasm between civilian and military life is being bridged to help reintegrate our returning soldiers. For veterans, their families, and especially for civilians unaware of how much our soldiers have endured, The Invisible Wounds of War is important reading.

Author : Kay Douglas
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998-04
Category : Abused wives
ISBN : 0140275185

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Invisible Wounds by Kay Douglas Pdf

Provides insights into how relationships become destructive, and offers encouragement and practical help in enabling women to make positive changes in their lives.

Author : Dillon Carroll
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807169667

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Invisible Wounds by Dillon Carroll Pdf

Dillon J. Carroll’s Invisible Wounds examines the effects of military service, particularly combat, on the psyches and emotional well-being of Civil War soldiers—Black and white, North and South. Soldiers faced harsh military discipline, arduous marches, poor rations, debilitating diseases, and the terror of battle, all of which took a severe psychological toll. While mental collapses sometimes occurred during the war, the emotional damage soldiers incurred more often became apparent in the postwar years, when it manifested itself in disturbing and self-destructive behavior. Carroll explores the dynamic between the families of mentally ill veterans and the superintendents of insane asylums, as well as between those superintendents and doctors in the nascent field of neurology, who increasingly believed the central nervous system or cultural and social factors caused mental illness. Invisible Wounds is a sweeping reevaluation of the mental damage inflicted by the nation’s most tragic conflict.

Author : Pamela Moss,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782383475

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Weary Warriors by Pamela Moss,Michael J. Prince Pdf

As seen in military documents, medical journals, novels, films, television shows, and memoirs, soldiers’ invisible wounds are not innate cracks in individual psyches that break under the stress of war. Instead, the generation of weary warriors is caught up in wider social and political networks and institutions—families, activist groups, government bureaucracies, welfare state programs—mediated through a military hierarchy, psychiatry rooted in mind-body sciences, and various cultural constructs of masculinity. This book offers a history of military psychiatry from the American Civil War to the latest Afghanistan conflict. The authors trace the effects of power and knowledge in relation to the emotional and psychological trauma that shapes soldiers’ bodies, minds, and souls, developing an extensive account of the emergence, diagnosis, and treatment of soldiers’ invisible wounds.

Author : Dr. Vernita Black
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781546262824

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The Invisible Wounds of Stress by Dr. Vernita Black Pdf

The Invisible Wounds of Stress: Inside and Out is from the physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds that affected me while I was serving in the military. Understanding and managing stress is crucial for the overall healing process. Anxiety, depression, fear, and other psychological issues play important roles in the invisible wounds. The invisible wounds can easily be misinterpreted when they are not seen with the naked eye. Stress is real, and it can affect anyone’s mind, body, and soul at any time. By learning about the invisible wounds and how they can be managed, the effects of stress can be limited and a peaceful, and more stress-free life can be possible. Peace and blessings!

Author : James Maloney
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781490802374

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Invisible Wounds: Guilt by James Maloney Pdf

Invisible Wounds: Guilt is the first installment of the new Freedom Series from James Maloney. Using James notably simplistic and concise manner of writing, this booklet presents a life-changing lesson on the necessity of being free from guilt and the ways in which the enemy of your soul would like nothing better than to trap you in the wounding of self-condemnation. The material inside outlines three ways we deal with guilt: having our consciences seared with repeated sinning; passing the blame off on others; and rationalizing our guilt away as something that doesnt really matter. But the truth is the blood of Jesus was shed to cleanse our condemnation, awaken our conscience, and overcome the invisible wound of guilt. This booklet can help make that real in your life.

Author : Michelle Harris
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781681979168

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Healing from Invisible Wounds by Michelle Harris Pdf

Are you fully healed from your invisible wounds? As Christians we have all faced moments of feeling pressed or oppressed by life situations. However, there is a way that one can live healed and as a body of Christ we are charged to help others as well to heal from invisible wounds. This begins with love and transforming our minds to the mind of Christ (see Romans 12:2). Most importantly, to not continue the Life Cycle of Complacency in dealing with any mental health, substance abuse, sexual addictions, or any other invisible wounds that try to overwhelm us. In these pages are insightful educational tools and resources to help not only yourself but others, and especially church leaders to assist others to not only get strong in their healing but also to remain strong in their healing from invisible wounds.

Author : Kenneth V. Hardy
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781324030447

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Racial Trauma: Clinical Strategies and Techniques for Healing Invisible Wounds by Kenneth V. Hardy Pdf

An urgent, wide-ranging account of racial trauma and its psychological impact. Racial trauma is an inescapable byproduct of persistent exposure to repressive circumstances that emotionally, psychologically, and physically devastates one’s sense of self while simultaneously depleting one’s strategies for coping. It is a life-altering and debilitating experience that affects countless numbers of people of color over multiple generations. Unfortunately, the failure to consider the interrelationship between racial oppression and trauma limits clinicians’ ability to work effectively with many people of color who live amid sociocultural conditions that are injurious to their psyches and souls. Even when therapy is trauma-informed, it rarely devotes adequate attention to racial oppression and the pervasive trauma associated with it. This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive overview of the anatomy of racial trauma and the debilitating hidden wounds associated with it. Racially sensitive trauma-informed interventions and strategies that centralize race and racial oppression in every facet of the therapeutic process and relationship are meticulously highlighted, making this a must-read resource for all practicing and aspiring clinicians.

Author : Terri L. Tanielian
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780833044549

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Invisible Wounds of War by Terri L. Tanielian Pdf

Since October 2001, approximately 1.64 million U.S. troops have been deployed for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) in Afghanistan and Iraq. Early evidence suggests that the psychological toll of these deployments -- many involving prolonged exposure to combat-related stress over multiple rotations -- may be disproportionately high compared with the physical injuries of combat. In the face of mounting public concern over post-deployment health care issues confronting OEF/OIF veterans, several task forces, independent review groups, and a Presidential Commission have been convened to examine the care of the war wounded and make recommendations. Concerns have been most recently centered on two combat-related injuries in particular: post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. With the increasing incidence of suicide and suicide attempts among returning veterans, concern about depression is also on the rise. The study discussed in this monograph focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury, not only because of current high-level policy interest but also because, unlike the physical wounds of war, these conditions are often invisible to the eye, remaining invisible to other servicemembers, family members, and society in general. All three conditions affect mood, thoughts, and behavior; yet these wounds often go unrecognized and unacknowledged. The effect of traumatic brain injury is still poorly understood, leaving a large gap in knowledge related to how extensive the problem is or how to address it. RAND conducted a comprehensive study of the post-deployment health-related needs associated with these three conditions among OEF/OIF veterans, the health care system in place to meet those needs, gaps in the care system, and the costs associated with these conditions and with providing quality health care to all those in need. This monograph presents the results of our study, which should be of interest to mental health treatment providers; health policymakers, particularly those charged with caring for our nation's veterans; and U.S. service men and women, their families, and the concerned public. All the research products from this study are available at http://veterans.rand.org. Data collection for this study began in April 2007and concluded in January 2008. Specific activities included a critical reviewof the extant literature on the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury and their short- and long-term consequences; a population-based survey of service members and veterans who served in Afghanistan or Iraq to assess health status and symptoms, as well asutilization of and barriers to care; a review of existing programs to treat service members and veterans with the three conditions; focus groups withmilitary service members and their spouses; and the development of a microsimulation model to forecast the economic costs of these conditions overtime. Among our recommendations is that effective treatments documented in the scientific literature -- evidence-based care -- are available for PTSD and major depression. Delivery of such care to all veterans with PTSD or majordepression would pay for itself within two years, or even save money, by improving productivity and reducing medical and mortality costs. Such care may also be a cost-effective way to retain a ready and healthy military force for the future. However, to ensure that this care is delivered requires system-level changes across the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. health care system.

Author : Carrie M. Farmer,Sierra Smucker,Natalie Ernecoff,Hamad Al-Ibrahim
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781977409126

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Recommended Standards for Delivering High-Quality Care to Veterans with Invisible Wounds by Carrie M. Farmer,Sierra Smucker,Natalie Ernecoff,Hamad Al-Ibrahim Pdf

The authors identified ten standards for the delivery of high-quality care for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, substance use disorders, and mild traumatic brain injury. They also provide considerations for implementing and disseminating these standards as a first step to improve access to high-quality care for veterans with invisible wounds.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : PURD:32754081182960

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Oversight Hearing on Systemic Indifference to Invisible Wounds by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

Author : Justin T. McDaniel,Evan R. Seamone,Stephen N. Xenakis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197646588

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Preventing and Treating the Invisible Wounds of War by Justin T. McDaniel,Evan R. Seamone,Stephen N. Xenakis Pdf

This volume provides several perspectives that help practitioners, advocates, and policymakers understand the impact of historical and recent wars on U.S. Military veterans. The chapters address newly recognized psychological conditions as risk factors for more serious diagnosable mental health disorders.