Hidden battles on unseen fronts:stories of American soldiers with traumatic brain injury and PTSD

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Driscoll Patricia P
Corporate Authors: Armed Forces Foundation U.S
Group Author: Straus Celia
Published: Casemate,
Publisher Address: Drexel Hill, PA
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xi, 292 p., [16] p. of col. plates: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781935149019 (hbk.)
1935149016
Index Number: R828
CLC: R828.4
Call Number: R828.4/D781
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-271).
Deployed, decorated and living in a car: the story of Marine Corps Sergeant Christopher Horman -- Deciding who is sane enough to fight: the ethics of military medicine in a time of war / Alice Psirakis -- Landmine blast to a soul: the story of Army SPC Walter Blackston -- America keeps its promise: the truth about military care of warriors with traumatic brain injury / Colonel Christopher S. Williams -- Bringing the war home: the story of Army Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gutteridge -- Healing the human spirit, hour by hour / Barbara V. Romberg -- Deeper than war: the story of US Marine Cor
Compelling stories of American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with what are now considered this war's signature injuries-- TBI and PTSD -- along with the experiences of our mental health professionals newly mobilized to assist them.