Beating Combat Stress: 101 Techniques for Recovery

Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Beating Combat Stress: 101 Techniques for Recovery

Author(s): John Henden

Published Online: 14 APR 2011 01:30AM EST

Print ISBN: 9780470974803

Online ISBN: 9780470978580

DOI: 10.1002/9780470978580

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Beating Combat Stress is a one-stop handbook of field-tested techniques and strategies to help service personnel, veterans and professionals to deal with the psychological effects of combat.

  • Features 101 field-tested techniques and strategies for managing combat-related stress
  • Designed to be accessible and useful both to serving personnel and veterans, and to the professionals and volunteers who are engaged in helping them
  • Takes a solution-focused approach to dealing with combat-related problems, promoting simplicity and proven techniques over complex theories and psychological jargon
  • User-friendly style and layout, with specially-commissioned illustrations throughout

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxviii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Dealing with “Triggers” (pages 1–8)

    3. Chapter 2

      How to Deal with Flashbacks (pages 9–28)

    4. Chapter 3

      How to Deal with Unwelcome Thoughts (pages 29–58)

    5. Chapter 4

      Dealing with “The Lows” (pages 59–68)

    6. Chapter 5

      Dealing with Sleep Disturbance (pages 69–85)

    7. Chapter 6

      Living Life to the Full (or as Full as Possible) (pages 87–114)

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      Appendix A: The Evidence Base for Solution-Focused Therapy (pages 115–124)

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      Appendix B: Helpful Questions and Statements from the Worker (pages 125–126)

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      Appendix C: What Service Users Have Found to be Helpful in This Work (pages 127–128)

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      Appendix D: How to Avoid Re-Traumatisation and Re-Victimisation (pages 129–130)

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      Appendix E: Blocks to Disclosing (pages 131–132)

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      Appendix F: The Three Stages: Victim – Survivor – Thriver (Living Life to the Full, or as Full as Possible) (pages 133–135)

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      Appendix G: Benefits of Doing This Important Work (pages 137–138)

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      Appendix H: Reassuring Things for Servicemen to Know (pages 139–140)

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      Appendix I: Two-Day Workshops (pages 141–143)

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      Bibliography (pages 145–147)

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      Index (pages 149–150)

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