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Links to Post Traumatic Stress Web Sites

About Traumatic Stress
  • Normal Emotions after a Disaster. From the American Red Cross.
  • The Sidran Institute publishes materials about PTSD and related topics, including the Risking Connection curriculum. At this site you can find excerpts from some of the authors they publish, including Jonathan Shay. E-mail can be sent to their, Publications Manager. They are located in Towson, Maryland, and can be reached by phone at 410-825-8888.
  • Patience Mason - Post-Traumatic Gazette
  • VA National Center for PTSD
  • David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. New information is added to this site about every month or so.
    •  About PTSD
  • PTSD: What it is and how to recover. By Patience Mason.
  • About PTSD. An article from the American Psychiatric Association.
  • About PTSD for Veterans and their Families From the National Center for PTSD.
  • About PTSD and Older Veterans. From the National Center for PTSD.
  • PTSD and Relationships. From the National Center for PTSD.
  • PTSD and the Family. From the National Center for PTSD.
  • How does PTSD affect families? By Patience Mason.
  • PTSD and Alcohol Use. A Fact Sheet from the National Center for PTSD.
  • PTSD and Children. A FAct Sheet from the National Center for PTSD.
  • PTSD and Holidays. By Patience Mason.
  • PTSD and Parenting. By Patience Mason.
  • The Importance of Boundaries. By Patience Mason.
  • Myths and Facts about PTSD.
    •  Trauma Ministries and Spirituality
  • "Approaching Trauma Survivors from a Spiritual Perspective", by Caterina G. Spinaris, Ph., D., LPC.
  • Spirituality and Trauma Treatment: Suggestions for Including Spirituality As a Coping Resource by Kent D. Drescher, M.Div., Ph.D., and David W. Foy, Ph.D.
  • Linda Chaplman's Wounded Healer Journal. Contains links to several forums including Christian Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality and Alternate Spirituality.
  • Spirituality vs. Religion. Synopsis of article by Larry Decker.
  • Spirituality and PTSD in Vietnam Combat Veterans This is the first in a series of articles that will address various topics investigated by Margaret Nelson-Pechota, Ph. D., in her research with Vietnam combat veterans while completing her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. NCVNVM member Nelson-Pechota wanted to find out how spiritual and moral issues are related to symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam combat veterans -- specifically, which aspects of an individual's spirituality might prevent a soldier from developing PTSD, and which aspects of his or her spirituality might result in prolonged suffering from symptoms of PTSD.

    • Managing Stress
  • About Managing Traumatic Stress. From the National Center for PTSD.
  • Critical Incident Stress Management
    •  Treatment Aspects
  • Jonathan Shay - About Medication for Combat PTSD. Contains excellent section on the negative impact of illegal drugs -- and also concerning caffein.
  • False Memory Syndrome or Lying Perpetrator Syndrome. by Patience Mason.
    •  Twelve-Step and Self-Help
  • PTSD and the 12 Steps -- How they Work. By Patience Mason
  • Trauma Self-Help Books & Workbook Recommendations by David Baldwin, PhD
    •  Research on PTSD Topics
  • The National Center for PTSD has a Publications page containing further links to their library and to the PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) database.
  • CAPT. W. H. R. RIVERS : THE REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE. [THE LANCET, FEB. 2, 1918]. This 1918 article objecting to the way World War I veterans were encouraged to avoid traumatic memories was very much ahead of its time.
    •  Professional Organizations and Societies
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • National Center for PTSD
  • Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists offers three distinct certifications to individuals providing support, education, intervention and treatment in the field of traumatic stress.
    • Self-care for Helpers and Professionals
  • Traumatic Stress & Secondary Traumatic Stress by B. Hudnall Stamm.



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