Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Bookstore

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PTSD Services Bookstore

The Trauma Information Pages, in association with Amazon dot com, lets you purchase books directly from this page. Here, you'll find a selected bibliography of recent and classic books on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, emotional trauma, PTSD, disaster mental health, and related issues. New releases are listed first, but all recommended texts are categorized and selected to be of interest to professionals (e.g., clinicians, researchers, teachers, or librarians), university students, and the public (especially survivors, and their families or friends).
If you buy volumes directly from this page, either from the recommended list or through the search engine below, Amazon.com will contribute to the PTSD Support Services web site. All donations received will go directly toward maintaining this site and help to reduce our costs for presentations. Amazon.com ships purchases anywhere in the world, ensures your privacy, and offers excellent customer service (including gift wrapping). You can buy texts from this page in three different ways:

First, the recommended titles listed below are linked to book descriptions at Amazon.com's web site. Just click on the title for additional information about that text (some have reader reviews), then follow the links to purchase it from Amazon.com
Second, you'll find the Amazon.com search engine near the bottom and side bar of this page. Just enter search terms (e.g., authors, titles, or keywords)to find books available from Amazon.com in any area of interest.
Third, at the top of each category page you will find a link that will directly to Amazon.com that is specific to your personal interest. This makes for fast searches of your personal interest topics dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder!
To be sure the PTSD Support Services web site receives a donation from Amazon.com for your purchases, you must order books directly from these pages page -- using either the book title links or the search engine. Of course, you can use this bibliography of recommended trauma books in other ways as well, like requesting them from your local library. Its up to you. (We could use the support to keep this site open! :>)
Please let me know if you want to recommend a good trauma book to add to these lists. In any case, enjoy the list!

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Personal note: the following DVD really hit home for me.
I don't do movies or TV shows that deal with Vietnam. Here is one exception for you.
We Were Soldiers Once (Book)
by Harold G. Moore

Books for Survivors and Friends

Books written for the general public -- of particular interest to trauma survivors, family, or friends. Some describe trauma responses and healing in general terms; others focus on particular types of trauma. Clinicians may want to consider some of these books (or selected chapters) as readings for clients.

While They're at War:
The True Story of American Families on the Homefront (Hardcover)

Down Range:
Navy SEALS in the War on Terrorism (Hardcover)
by Dick Couch

Vietnam Wives: Facing the Challenges of Life With Veterans Suffering Post-Traumatic Stress

FACING THE WALL: A MISSION
"Perceiving right or wrong, in reference to war, is not my call – this is for our elected officials. But, when our veterans return from battle, it is the responsibility of our nation to help them adjust after war. These veterans and their families must be given all the help necessary to return to a normal existence."

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Victim's Guide to Healing and Recovery

(2003)The Body Remembers Casebook

The Vietnam War for Dummies
by Ronald B. Frankum, Stephen F. Maxner

Flint (1999). Emotional Freedom: techniques for dealing with psychological, emotional and physical distress.

Rosenblum & Williams (1999). Life After Trauma: a workbook for healing.