Veterans on trial
Subtitle: the coming court battles over PTSD
By: Barry R. Schaller ; foreword by Todd Brewster
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781597976961; 9781597978606
Subjects: Psychology; Legislation & jurisprudence; Veterans; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; War; Combat Disorders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The battle that never ends : introduction; title: A moving target : combat PTSD; title: Across the ages : PTSD from the Civil War to Korea; title: The politics of PTSD : Vietnam; title: The campaign for PTSD; title: Vietnam veterans in the dock; title: Breeding ground for PTSD : Iraq and Afghanistan; title: The war at home : veterans in criminal court; title: Women's war : the faces of PTSD; title: Violence against female soldiers; title: Trials of homecoming; title: Finding solutions : courts, psychiatry, and the politics of PTSD; title: Epilogue : the future of PTSD.