PTSD and Coping with Trauma Sourcebook (Health Reference)

According to the statistics of National Center for PTSD, about 7 or 8 people out of every 100 experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their lives. PTSD is a fear that is developed after any traumatic event, such as rape, military combat, childhood neglect or abuse, an accident, natural disaster, personal tragedy, or violence. Going through trauma is common as 6 of every 10 men and 5 of every 10 women has at least 1 traumatic experience in their life, many of which are not under their control. Hence, coping with trauma and the steps that one should take to overcome it is necessary.

PTSD and Coping with Trauma Sourcebook, First Edition provides updated information about basics of PTSD, brain and mental health along with its risk factors, related problems, its impact on family, and the facts and myths of PTSD. Different types of trauma and co-occuring conditions of PTSD are explained. The book also deals with the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD and elaborates how to live with PTSD.

The book is divided into parts and chapters where parts focus on broad areas of interest and chapters are devoted to single topics within a part