In Coping with Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding -- explains the effects of traumatic experience on the survivor's personality, physiological functioning, and social relationships. He discusses the symptoms of PTSD, dissociative disorders, and other recognized psychiatric disorders associated with trauma and describes treatment approaches and self-help techniques.

I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors (New Harbinger Publications, 1992, $24.95 hard, 1-879237-26-1; $12.95 paper, 1-879237-25-3) -- explains in detail the symptoms of PTSD and suggests a wide variety of techniques for coping with them.

Unspeakable Truths and Happy Endings: Human Cruelty and the New Trauma Therapy - Rebecca Coffey

The Angry Self: A Comprehensive Approach to Anger Management - Miriam M. Gottlieb, Ph.D.

Coping With Trauma: A guide to Self-Understanding - Jon G. Allen, Ph.D.

Growing Beyond Survival - Elizabeth Vermilyea

Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing - Dena Rosenbloom, Mery Beth Williams, and Barbara E. Watkins

Outgrowing the Pain: A Book For and About Adults Abused as Children - Eliana Gil, Ph.D.

The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, Growth - Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D.


Mental Health resources

To learn more about PTSD, visit the organizations and resources listed below. These organizations and resources may be able to provide you with helpful information about posttraumatic stress disorder

Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
8730 Georgia Avenue ; Suite 600
Silver Spring , MD 20910
(240) 485-1001
www.adaa.org

The Center for Mental Health Services
www.mentalhealth.org

Freedom From Fear
308 Seaview Avenue
Staten Island , NY 10305
(718) 351-1717
(888) 442-2022
www.freedomfromfear.org

Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz
www.newpaltz.edu/dmhi

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
60 Revere Drive, Suite 500
Northbrook , IL 60062
(847) 480-9028
www.istss.org

National Center for PTSD Executive Division
VA Medical Center (116D)
White River Junction , VT 05009
(802) 296-5132
www.ncptsd.org

National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria , VA 22314-2971
(800) 969-NMHA (969-6642)
(703) 684-7722
www.nmha.org

National Institute of Mental Health
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville , MD 20857
301-433-2403
www.nimh.gov

National Mental Health Association Posttraumatic Stress
www.nimh.nih.gov

New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies, Inc.
2329 Route 34 Manasquan , NJ 08736
(732) 528-0900

New York City 9-11 Health Information
www.nyc.gov/9-11healthinfo
New York City has launched a comprehensive new website that offers the latest information about 9/11 health and services. The "one-stop shopping" website makes it much easier for New Yorkers who were exposed to the collapse of the World Trade Center find the free medical treatment and resources they need to get better. The website also includes easily accessible health research findings about the different groups of people who were affected by the disaster: rescue and recovery workers, residents, children, city employees and others.