Authors:Edward S., Ph.D. Kubany, Mari A. McCaig, Janet R.
Publisher: New Harbinger Publicatio
Keywords: workbook, women, harbinger, new, violence, trauma, domestic, healing
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1572243694
ISBN-13: 9781572243699

Second only to survivors of war and victims of rape, women who are severely assaulted by their husbands or partners are the group of trauma victims most likely to suffer from the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Researchers estimate that as many as 80 percent of these women will manifest signs of the disorder in the months and years following an assault. Until now there has been no book specifically written to help these women deal with PTSD. This sensitive and compassionate book, at last, offers them hope. The book opens with a description of PTSD and a self-diagnostic too