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Once a Warrior, Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition From Combat to Home
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This book reaches out to veterans and their families, helping family members to gain greater understanding of ways they can help their loved ones navigate the "PTSD paradox" while also helping veterans cope with combat stress and PTSD.
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Detailed Description
By Col. Charles W. Hoge, M.D.
Col. Charles W. Hoge, M.D., has made it his life's work to help soldiers deal with the mental health repercussions of war and is an advocate for veterans and for eradicating the stigma of receiving mental health care in the military.
With this book, Dr. Hoge reaches out to a larger community of veterans and their families, helping family members to gain greater understanding of ways they can help their loved ones navigate the "PTSD paradox" while also helping veterans cope with combat stress and PTSD through a set of specific skills.
These skills include life survival, managing stress, monitoring feelings and emotions, and navigating the mental health-care system. Strategies for family members and a section on loss and coping are included.
328 pages. Softcover. 2010.
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