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001 2014034487
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010 $a 2014034487
020 $a9780544086616 (hardcover)
020 $a9780544570320 (softcover)
020 $z9780544084490 (ebook)
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050 00 $aRC552.P67$bM68 2015
082 00 $a616.85/21$223
084 $aPSY022040$aMED102000$aPSY000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMorris, David J.,$d1971-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe evil hours :$ba biography of post-traumatic stress disorder /$cDavid J. Morris.
264 1 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$c2015.
300 $axii, 338 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"An Eamon Dolan book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index.
520 $a"In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD. Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, posttraumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the armed forces. In total, some twenty-seven million Americans are believed to be PTSD survivors. Yet to many of us, the disorder remains shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame.Now, David J. Morris -- a war correspondent, former Marine, and PTSD sufferer himself -- has written the essential account of this illness. Through interviews with individuals living with PTSD, forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness, and memoir, Morris crafts a moving work that will speak not only to those with the condition and to their loved ones, but also to all of us struggling to make sense of an anxious and uncertain time"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aPost-traumatic stress disorder$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPost-traumatic stress disorder$xPatients$zUnited States$vBiography.
600 10 $aMorris, David J.,$d1971-$xMental health.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aMEDICAL / Mental Health.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / General.$2bisacsh