A comprehensive guide for service members, veterans, and their families dealing with the all-too-common repercussions of combat duty, including traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, chronic pain and musculoskeletal injury, and substance abuse.
Written by two doctors at the forefront of treating veterans and service members, Overcoming Post-Deployment Syndrome is a wellness handbook filled with evidence-based advice, exercises, and approaches for healing from post-deployment syndrome (PDS), preventing combat stresses from having a lasting negative impact, and returning to activity and wellness.
Offering a practical blend of state-of-the-art traditional and holistic medicine to help physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing, Overcoming Post-Deployment Syndrome provides:
- Personal vignettes of servicemembers who are going through the process of successfully reintegrating into their families, workplaces, and communities.
- A twelve-week basic training in self-directed healing arts.
- A wealth of community and government resources, tips, and suggestions.
- The means to integrate traditional and complementary medicine techniques to treat common symptoms.
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1.Putting it all together – A holistic system for health2.Post-deployment syndrome – The illness of war
3.Military and Veteran Healthcare systems – A traditional approach
4.A new model of wellness – Rebuilding the Warrior
5.First Step: Understanding your body’s symptoms
6.Second Step: Discovering your strengths
7.Third Step: Applying healing principles
8.Fourth Step: Re-establishing normalcy
9.Fifth Step: Integrating health into your life
10.Final Step: Resuming the productive mission
11.Return of the Warrior: A lifetime of success