{"product_id":"vietnam-wives-facing-the-challenges-of-life-with-veterans-suffering-posttraumatic-stress","title":"Vietnam Wives: Facing the Challenges of Life With Veterans Suffering Post-Traumatic Stress","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the children of Vietnam veterans reach the age at which their fathers went overseas  veterans and their families  especially their wives  face new stressors in mid-life. Even twenty-five years after the end of the war  in many families life is still neither easy nor reliable  and the rules continue to change. The recent anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam has focused attention on the long-term effects of the combat experience. In Vietnam Wives: Facing the Challenges of Life with Veterans Suffering Post-Traumatic Stress  Aphrodite Matsakis revisits the plight of the secondary victims of the war: the wives and children of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The book explores the many changes encountered by traumatized veterans and their families as they face the difficult developmental stage of mid-life: retirement  the \"empty nest syndrome \" becoming grandparents  and  in many cases  separation and divorce. Matsakis deftly leads readers through the process of finding better ways to cope with new challenges and old. She explains post-traumatic stress disorder  its causes  symptoms  and the devastating long-term effects  including domestic violence  substance abuse  and suicidal feelings. To illustrate both problems and solutions  Dr. Matsakis extensively uses interviews with wives of Vietnam veterans who have lived through a variety of experiences. Intended primarily for wives of veterans  but of great interest to their extended families and close friends as well  this book provides compassion and support while pointing the way to recovery from post-traumatic stress.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966523207733,"sku":"ByrdShop_1886968004","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781886968004.jpg?v=1770566501","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vietnam-wives-facing-the-challenges-of-life-with-veterans-suffering-posttraumatic-stress","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}