Trauma and Aftermath: PTSD

Dr. Charles Hoge is a nationally-known expert on PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury), and other physiological reactions to war, as well as treatment strategies for war-related conditions. Dr. Hoge’s expertise spans psychiatry, trauma, public health, health policy, and infectious diseases. His articles in The New England Journal of Medicine and The Journal of the American Medical Association are the most frequently cited medical articles about the impact of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Once a Warrior—Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home (Lyons Press), Dr. Hoge reaches out to veterans, their families, friends, coworkers, and health care providers. In easily accessible writing, Dr. Hoge presents the latest knowledge about combat stress and other physiological reactions to war. Readers learn about the range of self-help and treatment options – including their limitations – and how they can be modified or combined to suit the needs of the individual warrior or family member. Dr. Hoge’s compelling message about recognizing the value of combat survival skills will help anyone who wants to more fully understand the experience of service members and veterans.

Tyler Boudreau served the Marine Corps for twelve and a half years of active duty. Upon his return from Iraq in the fall of 2004, Tyler Boudreau assumed command of a rifle company and prepared to deploy again to Iraq. But by April 2005, his concerns about the war combined with his deep affection for his Marines, made him unable to remain in uniform any longer. He relinquished his command and resigned his commission. Packing Inferno (Feral House) is the story of the ordeal of a marine officer in battle and then coming home. It is the struggle with a society resistant to understand the true nature of war. It is the fight with combat stress and an exploration into the process of recovery. It is the search for conscience, family, and ultimately for one's essential self.

Yochi Dreazen, Managing Editor of Foreign Policy, is one of the country’s most respected military journalists. He has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Wall Street Journal and has reported from more than 20 countries. The Invisible Front, his first book, is the profoundly human story of one Army family’s quest to find purpose in their own tragedy, offering us a new way of understanding the military’s suicide epidemic and the human cost of war.