The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook - Glenn R. Schiraldi, PhD

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The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook Second Edition Author: Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D. Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (March 5, 2009) Paperback: 464 pages ISBN-10: 007161494X ISBN-13: 9780071614948

Book Description
Living with a pwBPD can be highly stressful and traumatic. One would hope that once the immediate drama has ended or calmed down all would be well. Indeed for many recovery is a long natural process where the situation improves. But some for whatever reason begin to struggle with new, bewildering mental and/or physical symptoms that go beyond normal recovery from exhaustion or grieving detachment.

PTSD is complex and the author starts with a comprehensive summary of the condition providing validation of the often perplexing dynamic and symptoms. He then provides the outlines of treatment and recovery process. There is a part on the basics of emotional self care aiming at stabilization and preparing the recovery process. It concludes by a quite comprehensive part on the of different treatment options allowing one to make better informed decision when it comes to seeking professional help and going through the healing process.

About the Author
Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D., , has served on the stress management faculties at the Pentagon, The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and the University of Maryland, where he received the Outstanding Teaching Award and other teaching awards in the College of Health and Human Performance.

While serving at the Pentagon, he helped to design and implement a series of prototype courses in stress management for the Department of the Army—including hostility/anger management and communication skills. For the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and Resilience Training International he designed and presents resilience training to optimize mental health and performance while preventing stress-related mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder in high-risk groups (such as military, police, and firefighters).

Because of his expertise in practical skill building to prevent mental illness, he was invited to join the Board of Directors, Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association, founded as a Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychiatry, cooperative. He also serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and on the ABC News Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder working group.