Courage after fire for parents of service members
Subtitle: strategies for coping when your son or daughter returns from deployment
By: Paula Domenici, PhD, Suzanne Best, PhD, and Keith Armstrong, LCSW ; [foreword by Senator Bob Dole]
Contributors: Best, Suzanne, 1962-; Armstrong, Keith (Keith Robert)
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781608827152; 9781608827169; 9781608827176
Subjects: Mental health; Veterans' families; Psychology; Family; Parent and adult child; Handbooks, manuals; Families of military personnel; Psychological Stress; Veteran reintegration; War neuroses; Family Relations; Services for; Veterans; Family Health
Description: A guide for parents of returning service members offers strategies and tips for helping veterans reintegrate and cope with the physical and mental trauma they may experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: to America's unsung heroes; title: Welcome home! Reintegration joys and challenges; title: Professional, vocational, and financial concerns; title: Deployment's toll on the mind and spirit: psychological injuries and spiritual struggles; title: Deployment's toll on the body: physical injuries; title: How to get your veteran the health care he or she deserves; title: Strengthening and maintaining relationships within your family; title: Caring is wearing: taking good care of yourself to better help your service member.