Down Range: To Iraq and Back | Bridget C. Cantrell; Chuck Dean

Down Range: To Iraq and Back | Bridget C. Cantrell; Chuck Dean | Very Helpful - Thank you so much!

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	Down Range: To Iraq and Back Bridget C. Cantrell; Chuck Dean WordSmith Books, 2005 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

There are some things people don?t get over easily ? pain from the past is one of them. Trauma changes people: It changes values, priorities, worldviews, and most of all?it changes how we relate to others. Painful, life-threatening experiences take people beyond the normal day-to-day life, leaving them stuck behind defensive walls that keep them from re-entering the world they have always known as ?home?. So how does it happen? How do we lose the loving closeness with those around us? And better yet, how do we re-gain what pain has robbed us of? ?Down Range? is not only a book explaining war trauma ? it is required reading for anyone seriously interested about how to make healthy transitions from war to peace. Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D. and Vietnam veteran, Chuck Dean have joined forces to present this vital information and resource manual for both returning troops and their loved ones. Here you will find answers, explanations, and insights as to why so many combat veterans suffer from flashbacks, depression, fits of rage, nightmares, anxiety, emotional numbing, and other troubling aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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must read for military & their spouses

My therapist gave me this book after our 2nd deployment. I wish I had it after the first time. It does a great job at helping me the spouse understand whats going on in my Soldiers head. It also does a great job at helping my Soldier see that he is not alone in his feelings. awesome book

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I was referred to this book after having a scary run-in with a close friend who is recently returned from Iraq. I really didn't understand what he is going through and have gained a lot of insight into how to be supportive and understanding.

I'm going to give this book to him and can only hope that he'll read it.

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Very Informative

This book was very informative and provided useful information for families who have loved ones returning from a combat deployment. This book should be provided to all families to read prior to homecoming to prepare them for the changes they will encounter. As a mother of a marine who served two tours, it helped me to understand what the service member had to endure while deployed.

It's a great jumping point.

I couldn't decide if I should give this book three or four stars; but I think I'll settle on the three.

All in all it was a good book. I did not dislike it. It was informative and very simply written. It reads almost like a manual (again an easy to read one.) I definitely think that family members of service members and even soldiers should pick this book up; it's not going to hurt to have read this one.

Now here's what I didn't like about the book. It's written in second person perspective (which isn't bad: don't get me wrong) but there are two authors (both with different writing styles) trying to talk to you at the same time. So the books reads a little funny. In addition, there are a lot of references to other "workbooks" that go along with this book. So if you're looking for a really detailed book about what to expect when a soldier returns home, this isn't the one. "Down Range" isn't a very detailed book in the way one might expect going in; it's more like a summary of combined books and experiences. Furthermore, I felt that it was repetitive; however, some people may like the fact that they stress certain points several times, I didn't.

Overall I recommend picking up this book even though it's more like a summary. It's a great jumping point to find more detailed information on the subject matter. This book would do great to base a class on, and get people talking: start a dialog about the topic of PTSD and Combat Stress.

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Skims the surface

This is a good first step book. While I think it's very valuable it barely skims the surface of the issues. Let's hope there's more soon!

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