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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451783803321

Autore

Scurfield Raymond M

Titolo

Healing journeys [[electronic resource] ] : study abroad with Vietnam veterans : vol. 2 of A Vietnam trilogy / / Raymond Monsour Scurfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2006

ISBN

1-281-39569-2

9786611395698

0-87586-406-6

0-87586-405-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/21008697

Soggetti

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment

Veterans - Mental health

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - Mental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

with; Vietnam Veterans; of A Vietnam Trilogy; Raymond Monsour Scurfield; Table of Contents; Some Terms and Definitions; Preface; Chapter 1. Vietnam, the Gulf Wars, and Back to Vietnam; Chapter 2. Medical Evacuations from the Battlefield to Stateside: A Trail of Tribulation; Chapter 3. Collusion: Sanitizing and Silencing the Truth about the Impact of War; Chapter 4. Racism and War; Chapter 5. Back to Vietnam: With Students; Chapter 6. Journal Entries-Experiences and Observations by (and for) Veterans and Students; Chapter 7. Reflections and Impact: Vietnam 2000

Chapter 8. Parallels and Benefits of Returning To Vietnam, 1989 and 2000 - and Even In 1982After-Word: Veterans and Civilians, Vietnam, 9/11 and Iraq; Appendix: Outline of Initial Mental Health Orientation Session In Vietnam, 2000; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A national faculty member for the Veterans Administration and college professor distills three decades of experience in understanding and treating the medical and psychiatric traumas of veterans of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, and draws implications