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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Sherman, Nancy, 1951-     Subjects     Veterans -- Mental health.     Soldiers -- Psychology.     Veterans -- Mental health services.     Soldiers -- Mental health services.     Combat -- Psychological aspects.     Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Case studies.     Guilt and culture -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sherman, Nancy, 1951-       by title:      Afterwar : healing t...       by call number:      616.85212 S553a     Search the Web     Sherman, Nancy, 1951-     Veterans -- Mental health.     Soldiers -- Psychology.     Veterans -- Mental health services.     Soldiers -- Mental health services.     Combat -- Psychological aspects.     Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Case studies.     Guilt and culture -- United States.       MARC Display

Afterwar : healing the moral wounds of our soldiers / Nancy Sherman. by Sherman, Nancy, 1951- Oxford University Press, [2015] Call #: 616.85212 S553a Subjects Veterans -- Mental health.   Soldiers -- Psychology.   Veterans -- Mental health services.   Soldiers -- Mental health services.   Combat -- Psychological aspects.   Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Case studies.   Guilt and culture -- United States. ISBN:  9780199325276 (hc.) 0199325278 (hc.) Alternate title:  After war : healing the moral wounds of our soldiers Description:  xvii, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index. Contents:  Reborn but dead -- Don't just tell me thank you -- They're my baby birds -- Recovering lost goodness -- Rebuilding trust -- Finding hope after war -- Homecoming -- Where they are now. Summary:  "The moral dimensions of their psychological injuries--guilt, shame, feeling responsible for doing wrong or being wronged-elude conventional treatment. Philosophy professor Nancy Sherman examines these moral injuries, arguing that psychology and medicine are inadequate to help with many of the most painful questions veterans are bringing home from war. Trained in both ancient ethics and psychoanalysis, Sherman draws interviews with servicemen and women to paint a picture of the moral and psychological aftermath of America's longest wars. How veterans can go about reawakening their feelings without becoming re-traumatized; how they can replace resentment with trust; and the changes that need to be made in order for this to happen-by military courts, VA hospitals, and the civilians who have been shielded from the heaviest burdens of war. 2.6 million soldiers are currently returning home from war, the greatest number since Vietnam. Facing an increase in suicides and post-traumatic stress, the military has embraced measures such as resilience training and positive psychology to heal mind as well as body. Some psychological wounds of war need a kind of healing through moral understanding that is the special province of philosophical engagement and listening"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.85212 S553a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.85212 S553a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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