Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been brought to the forefront today by the sufferings of soldiers traumatised in combat. While it’s normal to feel shocked and upset following a traumatic event, PTSD can ambush its victims days, weeks, months – or in rare cases, years – after the event. It can be terrifying.

There is help available to treat and cure this frightening condition so that sufferers can get their lives back to normal. But, as with many other situations, the first step is to get help. Written by a cognitive behavioural counsellor, this book aims to help readers understand the condition, the treatments and the steps that need to be taken in order to overcome PTSD.

Chapter headings

• What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?
• Developing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• What Causes PTSD?
• How PTSD is Diagnosed
• Different forms of PTSD
• Treatments for PTSD
• You Can Help Yourself Get Well
• Finding the Right Treatment
• Explaining Some of the PTSD Terms
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children
• The Families of PTSD Sufferers
• Exciting New Research

Author Information

Glenys O’Connell has worked as a cognitive behavioural counsellor in private practice. She became interested in the workings of the mind while she was a journalist covering the crime beat on newspapers in the UK and Canada, and went on to take a degree in psychology followed by qualifications in counseling and hypnotherapy.

She is the published author of several novels and non-fiction books, children’s stories and plays. She strongly believes that open dialogue about mental health issues will remove the stigma and encourage people to seek the help they need to live happier, more fulfilled lives. Glenys welcomes visitors and encourages comments or questions on her blog, www.talkingdepression.blospot.com.

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