Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
An estimated 7.8 percent of all Americans will experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their lives. Women are twice as likely men to develop PTSD. Roughly 5.2 million people have PTSD during the course of a given year. And PTSD can affect anyone from war veterans and abuse victims to persons directly or indirectly traumatized by other catastrophes including crime, natural disasters, and serious accidents.
Getting treatment as soon as possible after PTSD symptoms develop may help prevent PTSD form developing into a long-term condition. Treatment may take the form of medication, psychotherapy, or alternative medicine.
What Nurses Know...PTSD covers all the treatments available today. It examines the causes of the PTSD, describes the symptoms and the effects of PTSD on individuals with the condition and their families, looks at associated problems such as substance abuse, explains what makes PTSD different in children and adolescents, shows how to manage stress, how to talk to your health care provider, and how to get help from both traditional and nontraditional sources.
Synopsis
"An estimated 7.8% of all Americans will experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their lives. Roughly 5.2 million people have PTSD during the course of a given year. And PTSD can affect anyone - from war veterans and abuse victims to persons directly or indirectly traumatized by other catastrophes including crime, natural disasters, and serious accidents.
Getting treatment as soon as possible after PTSD symptoms develop may help prevent PTSD from developing into a long-term condition. Treatment may take the form of medication, pychotherpay, or alternative medicine.
What Nurses Know...PTSD
- Covers all the treatments available today.
- Examines the causes of the PTSD, describes the symptoms and the effects of PTSD on individuals with the condition and their families
- Looks at associated problems such as substance abuse
- Explains what makes PTSD different in children and adolescents
- Shows how to manage stress
- Shows how to talk to your health care provider
- Show how to get help - from both traditional and nontraditional sources
About the Series
Nurses hold a critical role in modern health care that goes beyond their day-to-day duties. They share more information with patients than any other provider group, and are alongside patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, offering understanding of complex health issues, holistic approaches to ailments, and advice for the patient that extends to the family.
Nurses themselves are a powerful tool in the healing process. What Nurses Know gives down-to-earth information, addresses consumers as equal partners in their care, and explains clearly what readers need to know and wants to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives.
Synopsis
An estimated 7.8 percent of all Americans experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their lives. PTSD can affect anyone from war veterans and abuse victims to persons directly or indirectly traumatized by other catastrophes. What Nurses Know . . . PTSD provides a holistic overview of PTSD. It does not provide a treatment regime; rather it helps individuals with PTSD and their families to recognize the problem and know how and where to get assistance. The book covers all the treatments available today, examines the causes of the PTSD, and describes the symptoms and the effects of PTSD on individuals with the condition and their families. It also looks at associated problems such as substance abuse, explains what makes PTSD different in children and adolescents, and shows how to manage stress, talk to health care providers, and get help from both traditional and nontraditional sources.
About the Author
Mary E. Muscari, Ph.D., R.N. is an Associate Professor at the Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton, NY. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Muscari has published more than 60 professional articles, several professional book chapters, and authored numerous newspaper and consumer articles. She is the author of several books including
Pediatric Nursing: Lippincott's Review Series,
Let Kids be Kids,
Not My Kid: 21 Steps to Raising a Non-Violent Child, the forthcoming
Quick Reference Guide to Child and Adolescent Forensics and
Quick Reference Guide to Adult and Older Forensics. Dr. Muscari was the recipient of the New York Chapter of the Society of Pediatric Nurses 2009 Advocating for Kids Award.