Seahorn, Janet J.

Summary: The author writes from his experience as a young army officer in Vietnam who served with the Dauntless Black Lions of the 1st Infantry Division. His spouse and co-author describes her perspective as a wife and mother who has lived the past thirty years with a veteran who suffers from the physical, and more specifically, the mental scars of combat. You will become familiar with how PTSD...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Team Pursuits 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.8521 SEA

Summary: A feature-length documentary about veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, who are paired with a service dog to help them regain their lives. Returning home for these vets is often plagued by depression and a painful disconnect from the world they once knew. The film follow these warriors after they get their dog as this deeply bonded friendship restores independence and the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TO

Tick, Edward.

Contents: Introduction: a call to the nation -- The war after the war -- The universal warrior -- The war after war -- War wounds us all -- Arena for the soul -- The journey through hell -- The invisible wound today -- Bringing our warriors home -- War trauma and the social contract -- The wound: a holistic understanding -- Wounding and identity -- The transformational journey -- Lessons from the chiefs...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind Tick

Finkel, David

Summary: From a MacArthur Fellow and the author of The Good Soldiers, a profound look at life after war.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.86 FIN

Newhouse, Eric

Contents: Death makes a difference -- What are PTSD and TBI? -- A start toward reform -- Women in combat -- Unpredictable, unrelenting anger -- Home but alone -- Booze and nightmares -- Flashbacks: videos that won't stop -- America's homeless vets -- Occupation: pushing papers -- Vets in trouble -- Why are some soldiers more resilient? -- State of denial -- Disposable veterans -- VA: overload and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Issues Press 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 NEW