Sensitive topics: PTSD

PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know is a scientifically-supported yet accessible resource on a disorder that affects up to 7% of adults during their lifetime. Utilizing a reader-friendly Q & A format, the book demystifies and defines PTSD, explaining that, despite popular opinion and countless media portrayals, this is not simply a disorder for combat veterans. Instead, survivors of any life-threatening event can experience PTSD. Beginning with an overview of common types of trauma, the effects of PTSD, what can trigger the disorder, and who is likely to experience it.

PTSD is a mental health disorder caused by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. The most common incidents preceding its onset include physical abuse, combat, and vehicle accidents. Managing PTSD explores what this condition is, who it affects, how and why it develops, how it can be managed or overcome, and how it affects people's lives.