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For more information, we recommend any of the following books about PTSD:

Armstrong, Keith et al.
Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families

Bass, Ellen and Davis, Laura
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Blume, E. Sue
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and its Aftereffects in Women

Cantrell, Bridget C.
Down Range: To Iraq and Back

Hart, Ashley II
An Operator's Manual for Combat PTSD: Essays for Coping

Lew, Mike
Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse

Gorman, Jack
The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs

Matsakis, Aphrodite
I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors

Paulson, Daryl S.
Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq

Pavlicin, Karen M.
Loved ones Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families

Sheehan, David
The Anxiety Disease

Zaczek, Ron
Farewell, Darkness: A Veteran's Triumph over Combat Trauma

The following organizations can provide help, information and support:

Holocaust Survivors and Second Generation Groups
These self-help groups are available in some communities. Check your local phone book, call your local Self-Help Clearinghouse, or check with the National Self-Help Clearinghouse at 1-212-817-1822.

Combat Veterans support groups
These self-help groups are available in some communities. Check your local phone book, call your local Self-Help Clearinghouse, or check with the National Self-Help Clearinghouse at 1-212-817-1822.

Domestic Violence support groups
These self-help groups are available in some communities. Check your local phone book, call your local Self-Help Clearinghouse, or check with the National Self-Help Clearinghouse at 1-212-817-1822.

Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
6000 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20852
301-231-9350
www.adaa.org

The views expressed by these authors and organizations are their own and Welcome Back Veterans is not responsible for their content or advice.

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