Trauma

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9/11 the war in Iraq the London bombings now Afghanistan... Thousands died & in their aftermath many more became prisoners of their own devastated minds
- their only hope a small number of dedicated pioneers working to piece together the crumbled fragments of their lives. The Ancient Greeks called it trauma. & yet almost three thousand years later what was identified as shellshock during the First World War is still mistaken for cowardice or lack of moral fibre. Only since Vietnam have we begun to understand the symptoms & the causes of what is now known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Professor Gordon Turnbull recognized PTSD as a serious clinical condition from the start of his career as a psychiatrist in the RAF. It afflicts people hit by violent tragedy injury or shock & directly or indirectly it can affect us all. Andy Mc Nab & Johnson Beharry VC are just two of the hundreds who have benefited from Gordons care & counsel. He conducted unprecedented debriefings of British prisoners of war & British hostages released from the Lebanon including John Mc Carthy Jackie Mann & Terry Waite. Trauma" explores the stories behind the headlines & of those much closer to home. It describes how Gordon treated them how this treatment often flew in the face of accepted knowledge & how it was at times several steps ahead of current scientific discovery. Overwhelmed by anxiety flashbacks nightmares & a terrible feeling of isolation many sufferers think they will never again find the comfort of normality
- but in 80 per cent of cases Gordon Turnbull & his team have helped them rebuild their lives. How they achieve this lies at the heart of his fascinating & inspirational story."