post-traumatic stress disorder

Bullied constantly during his freshman year in high school, Cameron's anger and isolation grows, leading to deadly consequences.

This book discusses post-traumatic stress disorder, a psychological illness triggered by extreme trauma, including information on the diagnosing of the disorder, the risk factors for children and adults, the symptoms of the disorder, and the treatments for the disorder.

The author challenges the conventional wisdoms about trauma and argues that traumatic events can be a catalyst for positive change by strengthening relationships, changing perspective, and revealing inner strengths.

In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.

Provides information about post-traumatic stress disorder, explaining what it is, how it compares to other anxiety disorders, how it affects young people, and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Eager to enlist, fifteen year old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.